Background: Port site pain remains prevalent complaint of early postoperative period after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Objectives: to see the analgesic efficacy port-site infiltration bupivacaine in Methodology: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted Department Surgery, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, from September 2017 March 2018. Sixty patients underwent cholec...

EditorÐWe would like to thank Calenda and colleagues for contributing the results of their trial to the ongoing controversy over the use of sub-Tenon's block (STB) in posterior segment eye surgery. The use of STB continues to expand into all areas of ophthalmic surgery. A good evidence base for the choice of anaesthetic technique even in cataract surgery is unfortunately missing. The lack of go...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of preincisional bupivacaine hydrochloride infiltration on postoperative pain after tonsillectomy. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial. SETTING A secondary/tertiary referral center in Christchurch, New Zealand. PATIENTS A volunteer sample of 70 patients, aged 16 to 42 years, with recurrent tonsillitis. Seven patients were excluded....

The objective of this retrospective study was to examine the effects of an intraoperative injection of liposome bupivacaine on the quality and duration of postsurgical pain control, patient satisfaction, and opioid use in a cohort of patients undergoing hemorrhoidectomy in an outpatient setting. Patients underwent ambulatory hemorrhoidectomy conducted by a single surgeon. Liposome bupivacaine 2...

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 lidoc...

Currently there are 5342 articles on Pubmed related to Tinnitus treatment. None of it mentions the use of Intratympanic bupivacaine instillation. Tinnitus is an early diagnostic sign of an inadvertent intravenous injection of bupivacaine epidural test dose. Incidentally a 57-year-old man undergoing facet and sacroiliac infiltration with lidocaine and bupivacaine experienced symptoms of systemic...