Background Continuous wound infiltration (CWI), iv patient-controlled analgesia (iv-PCA),
and epidural analgesia (EDA) are analgesic techniques commonly used for pain relief after …

Background Local anaesthetic wound infiltration techniques reduce opiate requirements
and pain scores. Wound catheters have been introduced to increase the duration of action of …

Background Epidural analgesia is the international standard for pain treatment in abdominal
surgery. Although some studies have advocated continuous wound infiltration with local …

Background There are two common techniques for postoperative pain control after intra‐
abdominal surgery: patient‐controlled analgesia (PCA) with intravenous opioids and …

Background Intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (IVPCA) with opioids and epidural
analgesia (EA) using either continuous epidural administration (CEA) or patient‐controlled …

Objective: To compare the intravenous and epidural routes of patient-controlled anesthesia
in abdominal surgery. Methods: We searched for randomized clinical trials that compared …

AIM: To prospectively evaluate the effectiveness and safety of continuous wound infiltration
(CWI) for pain management after open gastrectomy. METHODS: Seventy-five adult patients …

Background With the adoption of enhanced recovery and emerging new modalities of
analgesia after laparoscopic colorectal resection (LCR), the role of epidural analgesia has …

Local infiltration and continuous infusion of surgical wound with anesthetics are parts of
multimodal analgesia for postoperative pain control. The techniques, given the simplicity of …

Objectives Epidural analgesia is recommended for the provision of analgesia following
major abdominal surgery. Continuous local anaesthetic wound infiltration may be an …