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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Effectiveness of Topical Anesthetics in Pain Management for Dermal Injuries: A Systematic Review.

Juan Manuel Navarro-Rodriguez, Carmen Suarez-Serrano, Rocio Martin-Valero, Yolanda Marcen-Roman, Maria de-la-Casa-Almeida

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Juan Manuel Navarro-RodriguezDepartment of Nursing, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.
Carmen Suarez-SerranoDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1485-5811
Rocio Martin-ValeroDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of Malaga, 29016 Malaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1664-3647
Yolanda Marcen-RomanDepartment of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Institute for Health Research Aragón (IIS Aragón), University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5851-8855
Maria de-la-Casa-AlmeidaDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3545-3208
Universidad de Sevilla · ESUniversidad de Málaga · ESUniversidad de Zaragoza · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of dermal injuries is associated with pain in both adult and pediatric populations. We reviewed traditional treatments for controlling the pain of these lesions, such as infiltrated local anesthetics and topical local anesthetics. The objective of this review was to elucidate the efficacy of topical anesthetics in reducing the pain of dermal injuries, as well as the efficacy of topical anesthetics versus other anesthetics, or versus a placebo. METHODOLOGY: a systematic review was carried out by searching Medline (PubMED), Scopus, Cinahl, Cochrane, Lilacs, and ENFISPO for randomized clinical trials on the control of pain in dermal lesions through the use of topical anesthetics, versus a placebo or versus another anesthetic.

resultstwelve randomized clinical trials with a total of 952 patients were included. Seven studies analyzed the efficacy of topical anesthetics compared to a placebo, and six of them observed statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group. Five studies analyzed the efficacy of topical anesthetics compared to other anesthetics or sedatives; three of them observed statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group, and two found no difference between the anesthetics analyzed.

conclusiontopical anesthesia is a useful method for pain control, is safe compared to other traditional methods, and offers a satisfactory form of pain relief in relation to infiltration anesthesia and compared to placebo.

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administrationanestheticslocaltopicalwounds and injuries

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PMID34200181
PMCPMC8200993
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