Letter to the editorTreatment of accidental epinephrine injection in a finger
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2020, SurgeonCitation Excerpt :A number of different treatment methods were used (Table 4). The dose of phentolamine injected in the injured digit (either locally at the site of injury or as a digital block) ranged between 0.5 mg and 10mg.11,12,14–24,33,40,42–51,56 The site of phentolamine infiltration was only reported in 21 cases11,12,15–18,20–22,24,43,44,46–50; Ten cases reported resolution as ‘a few minutes’ or ‘immediate’ without a numerical value, or did not report the time until resolution.11,13,14,18,19,35,39,40,44,47
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