Intermittent Epidural vs Continuous Wound Infusion of Ropivacaine for Acute and Chronic Pain Control after Hysterectomy or Myomectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 15; no. 9; pp. 1603 - 1608
• Main Authors: Fassoulaki, Argyro, Chassiakos, Dimitris, Melemeni, Aikaterini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Acetaminophen - administration & dosage; Acetaminophen - therapeutic use; Acute Pain - drug therapy; Acute Pain - etiology; Adult; Amides - administration & dosage; Amides - therapeutic use; Analgesia; Analgesia, Epidural - methods; Analgesics; Analgesics - therapeutic use; Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage; Anesthetics, Local - therapeutic use; Chronic Pain - drug therapy; Chronic Pain - etiology; Codeine - administration & dosage; Codeine - therapeutic use; Cough; Drug Combinations; Epidural; Female; Humans; Hysterectomy; Instillation, Drug; Leiomyoma - surgery; Local Anesthetics; Middle Aged; Morphine - administration & dosage; Morphine - therapeutic use; Myomectomy; Pain management; Pain Measurement; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; Pain, Postoperative - etiology; Postoperative; Prospective Studies; Ropivacaine; Single-Blind Method; Surgery; Uterine Neoplasms - surgery; Wound healing; Wound Infusion; Postoperative; Analgesia; Epidural; Myomectomy; Local Anesthetics; Surgery; Ropivacaine; Hysterectomy; Wound Infusion
• ISSN: 1526-2375; 1526-4637; 1526-4637
• DOI: 10.1111/pme.12523

Objective Adequate postoperative analgesia may enhance recovery. The efficacy of continuous wound infusion vs intermittent epidural ropivacaine for postoperative analgesia was investigated. Design Prospective randomized, observer blind trial. Setting Aretaieio University Hospital. Subjects Patients...