Improved hand function in a dental hygienist with neuropathy induced by vibration and compression: the effect of cutaneous anaesthetic treatment of the forearm.
Author(s): Rosen B, Bjorkman A, Lundborg G
Affiliation(s): Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital MAS, Malmo, Sweden. birgitta.rosen@med.lu.se
Publication date & source: 2008, Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg., 42(1):51-3.
Publication type: Case Reports; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
We report a case of neuropathy induced by vibration and compression in the hand of a dental hygienist. Her hand function was improved considerably by repeated treatment during which EMLA cream (EMLA cream is a local anaesthetic agent containing lidocain 2.5% and priolocain 2.5%) was applied to the forearm to induce cutaneous anaesthesia.
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