All the following are indications for the use of local anesthesia except:

A. drainage of abscesses
B. biopsies
C. to produce surgical anesthesia
D. vasectomy


c
Rationale: Local anesthetics are not used to produce surgical anesthesia but are warranted for any clinical procedure with a potential for pain, such as incision and drainage of abscesses, laceration repair, biopsy, wart treatment, vasectomy, neo-natal circumcision, and dental procedures.

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