Background: The efficacy of local anesthetic wound infiltration for the treatment of acute and
chronic postoperative pain is controversial and there are no detailed studies. The primary …

Objectives Decrease acute pain after breast cancer surgery by an infiltration of ropivacaine.
Analyse effect on chronic pain. Study design Prospective randomised double blind versus …

Background The effect of local infiltration after breast surgery is controversial. This
prospective double blind randomized study sought to document the analgesic effect of local …

Background Although not completely painless, breast-conserving surgery is considerably
less painful than modified radical mastectomy. Local anesthetics are speculated to reduce …

In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we evaluated the use of
preoperative local anesthesia with regard to postoperative pain. Before surgery in 66 …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether postoperative wound infiltration with local
anesthetics combined with fentanyl improves analgesia following breast surgery; and to …

IMPLICATIONS: The continuous postoperative wound infiltration after shoulder surgery with
different concentrations of ropivacaine, 2 mg/mL and 3.75 mg/mL, results in lower pain …

Background. As continuous wound instillation with local anaesthetic has not been evaluated
after hip/knee arthroplasties, our study was designed to determine whether this technique …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To assess the influence of ropivacaine concentration on wound
instillation-induced postoperative analgesia following total abdominal hysterectomy with …

Background We evaluated the analgesic effect of ropivacaine infiltration into the surgical
wound after caesarean section. Methods In a double‐blind trial, 67 patients who were …