Effect of intraoperative infiltration with local anesthesia on the development of chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair: A randomized, triple-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 144-154

  Kurmann, Anita ^a,b   Fischer, Henning ^a   Dell Kuster, Salome ^c,d   Rosenthal, Rachel ^d   Audigé, Laurent ^e,f   Schüpfer, Guido ^a   Metzger, Jürg ^a   Honigmann, Philipp ^a,d  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

^f SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARWELL SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLIMBING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LICHTENSTEIN SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCAL INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE SURGERY; NEURALGIA; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PAIN SEVERITY; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECUMBENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RESIDENT; REST; RETURN TO WORK; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CONVALESCENCE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84919421064     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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