Use of intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain and recovery

comparison of bupivacaine and lidocaine use for postoperative pain control in endodontics

introduction: many patients suffer from mild, moderate or severe pain during or after root canal therapy. theoretically, post-operative pain control can be achieved by using long-acting local anesthetics. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a long acting anesthesia, bupivacaine, on preventing post-operative pain associated with endodontic treatment, and to compare it with lido...

Perioperative Use of Intravenous Lidocaine.

Meta-analysis of intravenous lidocaine and postoperative recovery after abdominal surgery.

BACKGROUND Continuous intravenous administration of lidocaine may decrease the duration of ileus and pain after abdominal surgery. METHODS Three databases (Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register) were searched to retrieve randomized controlled trials comparing continuous intravenous lidocaine infusion during and after abdominal surgery with placebo. Study design was score...

Pain and postoperative recovery.

SURGERY initiates an abnormal metabolic state characterized by a perioperative general fuel mobilization, increased energy expenditure, and breakdown of body tissues, partly explained by a loss or reduction of insulin sensitivity. It is presumed that perioperative variables, such as anesthesia, pain, fasting, hypoxemia, immobilization, and hemorrhage, might contribute to the establishment of a ...

Perioperative intravenous lidocaine has preventive effects on postoperative pain and morphine consumption after major abdominal surgery.

UNLABELLED Sodium channel blockers are approved for IV administration in the treatment of neuropathic pain states. Preclinical studies have suggested antihyperalgesic effects on the peripheral and central nervous system. Our objective in this study was to determine the time course of the analgesic and antihyperalgesic mechanisms of perioperative lidocaine administration. Forty patients undergoi...