Split Face Study of the Duration of Local Anesthetics
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2024-08-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
This is a research study to compare how long injectable pain medications (anesthetics)
commonly used in dermatologic surgery are effective for. This study will compare a
short-acting anesthetic, lidocaine with epinephrine, to one of two long-acting anesthetics
(ropivacaine or bupivacaine). This study will also directly compare the duration of actions
of ropivacaine and bupivacaine. The investigators hypothesize that the duration of anesthesia
of short-acting anesthetics will not differ significantly from long-acting anesthetics at a
single site and there will not be a significant difference between the two long-acting
anesthetics at a single site.