The effects of officially banning local anaesthetic use, as the International Rugby Board has done, would include an increase in injury prevalence, which is measured by players missing games. This is ...

Objective: To investigate the risks and benefits of the use of local anaesthetic in a descriptive case series from three professional football (rugby league and Australian football) teams. Methods: ...

This local anaesthetic is none other than lidocaine. It's widely used around the world for minor surgery. And its benefits are not limited to these minor procedures: it can also be used to treat ...

In the laboratory, a specialist doctor looks at the samples under the microscope. You usually have this test in the outpatient department under local anaesthetic. Sometimes, you may have it in the ...