Local infiltration anesthesia

...Reversibly blocking a portion of the peripheral nerve that transmits pain while the patient remains conscious and anesthetizing the area controlled by the nerve is called local anesthesia in the broad sense, or conduction anesthesia. On the other hand, local infiltration anesthesia, in which an anesthetic is injected into the surgical site itself, and surface anesthesia, in which an anesthetic is applied to the surface of the skin or mucous membrane, are generally called local anesthesia in the narrow sense. Conduction anesthesia, in which a local anesthetic is injected directly into the course of a peripheral nerve or nerve plexus to anesthetize the area controlled by that nerve, is also called nerve block. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "local infiltration anesthesia" is listed below.

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…意識があるまま，痛覚を伝導する末梢神経の一部を可逆的に遮断し，神経支配領域を麻酔することを広義の局所麻酔，あるいは伝達麻酔という。一方，麻酔薬を手術部位そのものに注射浸潤させる局所浸潤麻酔や，麻酔薬を皮膚や粘膜の表面に塗布する表面麻酔は，一般に狭義の局所麻酔とよばれている。伝達麻酔は末梢神経の走行あるいは神経叢に直接局所麻酔薬を注射してその支配領域を麻酔するもので，神経遮断(神経ブロック)ともよばれる。…

※「局所浸潤麻酔」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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