Levobupivacaine and Postoperative Pain Relief

Phase 4 Completed 100 enrolled Mother and Child Health Institute of Serbia Dr Vukan Cupic

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

The study analysed direct levobupivacaine instillation in surgical wound and its effectiveness in postoperative pain control. Half participants received 0,5 % levobupivacaine and the other half received 0,9% saline solution

Timeline

Start: 2013-03
Primary completion: 2013-12
Completion: 2013-12-01

Publications

Background Williams G, Howard RF, Liossi C. Persistent postsurgical pain in children and young people: prediction, prevention, and management. Pain Rep. 2017 Aug 21;2(5):e616. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000616. eCollection 2017 Sep.
Background Matsota P, Papageorgiou-Brousta M, Kostopanagiotou G. Wound infiltration with levobupivacaine: an alternative method of postoperative pain relief after inguinal hernia repair in children. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Aug;17(4):270-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-965473.
Background Dogra N, Dadheech R, Dhaka M, Gupta A. A study to compare caudal levobupivacaine, tramadol and a combination of both in paediatric inguinal hernia surgeries. Indian J Anaesth. 2018 May;62(5):359-365. doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_747_17.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Levobupivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.5 mg/kg	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.