A clinical mini-review: Clinical use of Local anesthetics in cancer surgeries
Hengrui Liu
Abstract
The application of local anesthetics is frequently involved in anesthesia in the surgical treatment of various cancers. It is used in addition to or instead of general anesthesia as a way to provide control of sensation and pain to specific regions or parts of the patients' bodies. They are thought to reduce the requirement for volatile anesthetics and opioids used in the surgery. This mini-review briefly summarized and commented on the frequent use of local anesthetics in cancer surgeries include local infiltration, intravenous local anesthesia, peripheral nerve blockade, epidural block, spinal anesthesia, etc. The potential pharmacological mechanisms of local anesthetics on cancer were also reviewed. This mini-review contributed to a better understanding and the optimization of the clinical use of local anesthetics in cancer surgeries.