Local anaesthetics (LA) are increasingly being used intraoperatively for the prevention of
postoperative pain. The efficacy of local anaesthetic infiltration into incision sites has only
been shown in patients undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy. However, in one meta-analysis
of the literature, intraperitoneal LA have been shown to be effective for pain relief following
laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The present review of the literature was done to
summarise current knowledge on the effects of LA following LC. The Medline database was …