Dusica M Stamenkovic, Mihailo Bezmarevic, Suzana Bojic, Dragana Unic-Stojanovic, Dejan Stojkovic, Damjan Z Slavkovic, Vladimir Bancevic, Nebojsa Maric, Menelaos Karanikolas
Local anesthetic wound infiltration (WI) provides anesthesia for minor surgical procedures and improves postoperative analgesia as part of multimodal analgesia after general or regional anesthesia. Although pre-incisional block is preferable, in practice WI is usually done at the end of surgery. WI performed as a continuous modality reduces analgesics, prolongs the duration of analgesia, and enhances the patient's mobilization in some cases. WI benefits are documented in open abdominal surgeries (Caesarean section, colorectal surgery, abdominal hysterectomy, herniorrhaphy), laparoscopic cholecystectomy, oncological breast surgeries, laminectomy, hallux valgus surgery, and radical prostatectomy...
October 11, 2021: Journal of Clinical Medicine