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. 1993;40(2):29–34.

Local anesthetic update.

T A MacKenzie 1, E R Young 1
PMCID: PMC2148733  PMID: 8185087

Abstract

The development of new local anesthetics has not been an area of particularly active research for a number of years. However, as the use of regional anesthesia has expanded, additional anesthetic requirements and techniques have stimulated the search for newer drugs and ways of modifying existing ones. This article reviews some of the more recent developments in this field.

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