Emergency Cases Northwest Group

081 Lip Local

Situation

Upper lip laceration was repaired using infra-orbital block.

Background

A man presented with a large central upper lip laceration, essentially bisecting the lip from skin through to mucosa. Bilateral infra-orbital nerve blocks were done, with lidocaine. This worked very well and the wound was sutured with absorbable sutures.

Assessment

If the patient needs anaesthetising in the area in the diagram then ask a competent colleague to do an infra-orbital nerve block. This will prevent swelling at the wound site from injecting directly into the wound.

Ref https://coreem.net/core/facial-nerve-blocks/

Recommendation

Consider this block in facial injuries.



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Emergency Cases Northwest Group