A anesthesia kūloko kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi wahi kikoʻī o ke kino i hiki ke hana ʻia kahi ʻokiʻoki, lāʻau lapaʻau a lapaʻau ʻole me ka ʻeha. ʻO ke kumukānāwai e ālai i ka ka hoʻokele aʻalolo ma kahi kiko'ī, i mea e pale aku ai i ka ʻeha.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka anesthesia kūloko no ka ʻokiʻoki wikiwiki a liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole koi i ka anesthesia āpau a i ʻole ka ʻāpana.

No laila, hoʻohana ke kauka i ka anesthesia kūloko i kēia mau hihia:

• no ka mālama niho
• no ka humuhumu
• no kekahi mau biopsies a i ʻole nā ​​ʻokiʻoki liʻiliʻi (cysts, nā hana dermatological māmā, etc.)
• no ka hana podiatry
• no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea hana i loko o ke koko (e like me nā catheters) a i ʻole ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana
• a i ʻole no ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpū me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi paipu i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka urethra (cystoscopy)

ʻElua ala e hana ai i ka anesthesia kūloko:

• by infiltration : hoʻokomo ka limahana lapaʻau i loko o ka ʻili a i ʻole subcutaneously me ka anesthetic kūloko (ʻoi aku ka lidocaine, procaine a i ʻole teÌ ?? tracaine) ma kahi kikoʻī o ke kino e helu ʻia.
• topical (ma ka ʻaoʻao): hoʻopili pololei nā limahana lapaʻau i ka ʻili a i ʻole nā ​​mucous membrane i kahi wai, gel a i ʻole ka pulupulu i loaʻa kahi anesthetic kūloko.

ʻO ka wahi kikoʻī i kuhikuhi ʻia e ka anesthesia he numb, ʻaʻole ʻeha ka mea maʻi. Hiki i ke kauka ke hana i kahi kaʻina hana liʻiliʻi a hāʻawi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka pilikia ʻole o ka mea maʻi.