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Adsorption of lidocaine into a plastic infusion balloon
K Takakura1, I Muramatsu, E Miyamoto
1Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Fukui Medical University, Matsuoka, Fukui, Japan. takakura@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|June 27, 2000
Abstract:
An infusion balloon is a well established device used to continuously supply drugs for pain management. In this study, we determined the concentration of lidocaine that flowed out of a balloon because the balloon is made from plastics that adsorb local anesthetics.