Role of Bupivacaine in reducing post tonsillectomy pain

Pain following tonsilleclomy is of major concern to both the surgeons and the Anesthesiologists. Pre-incisional Bupivacaine infiltration into the tonsillar fossa has been used as a method of relieving post-operative pain in children. In this study pre-incisional Bupivacaine infiltration into the ton...

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Published in:Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2006-10, Vol.58 (4), p.335-336
Main Authors: Bhadoria, P, Rathore, P K, Mandal, S, Sehgal, R, Meher, Ravi, Singh, Raveen
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Language:English
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Summary:Pain following tonsilleclomy is of major concern to both the surgeons and the Anesthesiologists. Pre-incisional Bupivacaine infiltration into the tonsillar fossa has been used as a method of relieving post-operative pain in children. In this study pre-incisional Bupivacaine infiltration into the tonsillar fossa resulted in immediate post-operative pain lasting four to six hours.
ISSN:2231-3796
0019-5421
0973-7707
DOI:10.1007/BF03049582