Methods: This prospective, randomized study includes 190 laparoscopic procedures carried
out by the same surgeon. The patients were randomly allocated into 2 groups. The control …

The aim of our study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of
ropivacaine in ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric blocks (IIB). After ethics committee approval and …

In a single-blind, randomised trial, 50 consecutive adult patients for inguinal herniorrhaphy
under general anaesthesia received either an inguinal field block or bupivacaine instilled …

Background: Postoperative pain control after laparoscopic ventral hernia repairs remains a
significant clinical problem. We sought to determine the pain-sparing efficacy of local …

We conducted a randomized, double-blind trial to compare the efficacy of preincisional and
postincisional wound infiltration with 1% lidocaine (40 mL) on the postoperative pain of 37 …

We compared the analgesic effect of bupivacaine infiltration into surgical wounds with that of
epidural block after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Forty-five patients (ASA physical …

One century ago, in his 1990 Annals of Surgery article, Cushing indicated that except for
children, all hernias can be repaired under local anesthesia [1]. Since then, local anesthesia …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present study is to compare postoperative pain and
functional outcomes in patients undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy who receive a …

Background Laparoscopic preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair is associated with a short
hospital stay and an early return to normal activity. Therefore, early postoperative pain …

After routine inguinal herniorrhaphy we gave 12 patients a wound infiltration regimen of
bolus doses of 20 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine via a catheter within the wound and rectally …