Does rectus sheath infusion of bupivacaine reduce postoperative opioid requirement?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-232

  Padmanabhan, J ^a,b   Rohatgi, A ^a   Niaz, A ^a   Chojnowska, E ^a   Baig, K ^a   Woods, W G A ^a  

^a WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Neath Port Talbot Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Midline laparotomy; Morphine; Pain score; Patient controlled analgesia; Rectus sheath space

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, RECTAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147129244     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X168398     Document Type: Article

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