“Can local anesthesia be used for a bone marrow biopsy?”
I will have a bone marrow biopsy. Can local anesthesia be used for a bone marrow biopsy?
4 Answers
Yes if done properly that's the best way to do it. Needs two step local, 1. Small intra cutaneous infiltrate, wait a little then ,2. Periostal wide infiltration with local anesthetic
Of course. I never use anything more and if one knows how to properly perform the procedure it is relatively painless. If anything more is advocated, I would question the skill of the performer.
Yes.
When I did marrow biopsies I put in local anesthesia with lidocaine. I told patients it might help to take acetaminophen an hour prior. I myself had a marrow aspiration and a biopsy without much of the above. There was only brief discomfort which was bearable and I was pleased it wasn't worse than that.
