The efficacy of single-dose intraincisional infiltration with levobupivacaine in postoperative analgesia and chronic pain after caesarean sections is unknown.
Study
A placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial.
Patients and methods
After ethical approval, and written inform consent, 140 women scheduled for a caesarean section were randomly assigned and received 30 mL of levobupivacaine 0.5% (L group) or saline (placebo-P group) into their wound. The primary endpoint was morphine consumption (using intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia) for the first 24 h after surgery. At 1 h to 48 h, side effects, pain at rest and pain 2 months later were recorded.
Results
All included patients had similar demographic and surgical characteristics. The morphine consumption was significantly lower in the L group at h6, h8 and h12 (considering both total intake and each request). At h4, the mean total morphine consumption was 25 (12) mg in the L group versus 31 (14) mg in the P group (P = 0.05). Time until discharge and side effects including nausea-vomiting (14 vs 20%), wound scar complications (6 vs 8%) and chronic pain after 2 months (25% in both groups complained of small pain, and 75% no pain) were similar between the two groups (P > 0.05).
Conclusion
Single-dose local infiltration of levobupivacaine 0.5% reduced opioid requirement at 12 h, with no difference after 24 h. www.clinicaltrials.com, number: NCT00621907. 相似文献
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