objective: this study investigated the efficacy of bupivacaine wound infusion for pain control and opioid sparing effect after cesarean delivery. materials and methods: we conducted a randomized double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial on 60 parturients undergoing cesarean section at a university hospital in tehran. patients were randomized to receive a pump infusion system that was fill...

conclusions considering that tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries in children and produces a lot of pain, using a low risk medicine such as bupivacaine to recover child as soon as possible seems reasonable. results patients aged 4 to 13 years. the amount of postoperative pain was obviously less in the bupivacaine group than the other group. the mean time of postoperative fluid inta...

 Introduction: shorter hospital stay and less pain in comparison to open surgery considered to be major benefits for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We compared the effect of intraperitoneal hydrocortisone plus bupivacaine with bupivacaine alone on pain relief following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.  Methods: Sixty two patients participated in this double-blind, randomized clinical trial. Pati...

OBJECTIVES The current study was planned to assess post-tonsillectomy analgesic efficacy of pre-emptive peritonsillar ketamine infiltration with or without bupivacaine in comparison to meperidine alone or in combination with bupivacaine. PATIENTS & METHODS The study included 100 patients with mean age of 10.5 +/- 2.3 years assigned for adenotonsillectomy. Patients were randomly allocated into...