PAIN AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: EFFECT OF LOCAL ANESTHESIA
A MURAT SARAÇ1, A ÖZDEMİR AKTAN1, CUMHUR YEĞEN1, NİGAR BAYKAN2, RIFAT YALIN1
1Marmara Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Genel Cerrahi A.B.D., İSTANBUL
2Marmara Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Anesteziloji ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dalı, İSTANBUL
Abstract
Effect of local infiltration anesthesia on postoperative laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients have been studied. A prospective study was done. 25 patients received local anesthesia (Bupivacaine) infiltration around the port sites and another 25 patients received 0.9% NaCl infiltration as the control group. Pain scoring was done with "0-10 Numeric Pain Distress Scale" in the postoperative hours. According to the results, local anesthetic infiltration around the port sites significantly decreases postoperative pain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.
Keywords: LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, PAIN