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Reversal of dopamine extravasation injury with topical nitroglycerin ointment
1Division of Plastic Surgery, St. Joseph Hospital, Greenbrae, Calif.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
We treated a neonate with two sites of ischemia caused by dopamine extravasation. Standard treatment called for local infiltration of phentolamine, an alpha blocker. Instead, we applied 2% topical nitroglycerin ointment and the ischemia was totally reversed.