BACKGROUND: Although laparoscopic procedures are becoming more common,
postoperative pain remains a major factor causing delayed patient recovery. There have …

BACKGROUND: The infusion of local anesthetic in the surgical wound is helpful in the
multimodal management of postoperative pain. We hypothesized that local anesthetic …

Background and Objectives. Ropivacaine is a long-acting local anesthetic similar to
bupivacaine, but with lower cardiac toxicity and intrinsic vasoconstrictive properties that may …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To investigate the analgesic effect of adding clonidine to topical
bupivacaine for acute and chronic postmastectomy pain. DESIGN: Randomized …

Background: Postoperative pain is less intense after laparoscopic surgery than after open
surgery. However, patients may gain additional benefit from a preincisional local infiltration …

Infiltration of local anaesthetics (LAs) into the surgical wound is a simple, safe, and low-cost
technique for postoperative analgesia. Due to the local application, transmission of pain …

Purpose To compare efficacy and patient outcome of wound infiltration with ropivacaine,
lornoxicam, or their combination for control of pain following thyroid surgery. Methods Eighty …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether local infiltration of bupivacaine reduces postoperative
pain at trocar sites during gynecologic laparoscopy. METHODS: This was a randomized …

Background: We studied the efficacy of local infiltration analgesia in surgical wounds with
0.2% ropivacaine (50 mL), ketorolac (15 mg), and adrenaline (0.5 mg) compared with that of …

IMPLICATIONS: Postoperative pain after lumbar arthrodesis is related to soft tissue and
muscle dissection and to manipulations and removal at the operation site. By blocking …