The use of bupivacaine to relieve pain at iliac graft donor sites

✍ Scribed by B. D. Todd; S. C. Reed

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 243 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0341-2695
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00210535

✦ Synopsis

We report a prospective study to test the hypothesis that infiltrating the wound with bupivacaine during operations for the removal of iliac bone grafts will lead to a significant reduction of pain. Pain was assessed by a visual analogue scale applied at regular intervals. Bupivacaine infiltration appears to reduce pain for 24 hours, but only to a significant degree during the first 4 hours after operation.