Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Sabat AM Barawi

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• Research Article
  Local Injection of Bupivacaine Hydrochloride to Reduce Postoperative Pain in Obstetrical and Gynaecological Surgical Incision
  Author(s): Sabat AM Barawi and Shelan Ahmed Saleh Sabat AM Barawi and Shelan Ahmed Saleh
  
  Background and objectives: The post-operative pain experienced by patients after abdominal surgery is significant and this has necessitated studying the efficacy of local injection of Bupivacaine to decrease severity of this pain. Patients and methods: A prospective, randomized, comparative clinical trial was conducted on 800 women admitted to Maternity Hospital, Erbil, Iraq, for either Caesarean section or any gynaecological abdominal surgery. All were classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II. The sample was divided in two groups by systematic random sampling (400 each). Group A was designed to receive 25 mg of Bupivacaine hydrochloride as infiltration at the site of the incision after skin closure and Group B was treated with standard of care. The degree of pain was assessed after 6, 12, 24, 48,72 and .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000768

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