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To the Editor: Prior studies have shown separately that warming and injecting slowly reduce pain during local anesthetic infiltration. 1 United States outpatient surgical procedures market 2019-2023: rising number of outpatient surgical procedures in ASCs, HOPDs, and physicians' office. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-states-outpatient-surgical-procedures-market-2019-2023-rising-number-of-outpatient-surgical-procedures-in-ascs-hopds-and-physicians-office-300783771.htmlDate accessed: August 4, 2021 Google Scholar , 2 Kouba D.J. LoPiccolo M.C. Alam M. et al. Guidelines for the use of local anesthesia in office-based dermatologic surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016; 74: 1201-1219 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (58) Google Scholar , 3 Hogan M.E. VanderVaart S. Perampaladas K. Machado M. Einarson T.R. Taddio A. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of warming local anesthetics on injection pain. Ann Emerg Med. 2011; 58: 86-98.e81 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (58) Google Scholar , 4 Kaplan B. Moy R.L. Comparison of room temperature and warmed local anesthetic solution for tumescent liposuction. A randomized double-blind study. Dermatol Surg. 1996; 22: 707-709 Crossref PubMed Scopus (32) Google Scholar This participant-blinded, split-body, randomized, controlled trial aimed to assess the cumulative impact of anesthetic temperature and injection speed.

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