[Does local regional anesthesia exert an immunosuppressive effect?].
Lignocaine in very high doses exhibits immunodepressant properties in vitro. In vivo, in surgical patients submitted to spinal anaesthesia, lymphocyte transformation is diminished for one week. This inhibition is, however, less marked than after general anaesthesia.
[Does local regional anesthesia exert an immunosuppressive effect?]. Lignocaine in very high doses exhibits immunodepressant properties in vitro. In vivo, in surgical patients submitted to spinal anaesthesia, lymphocyte transformation is diminished for one week. This inhibition is, however, less marked than after general anaesthesia.