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- PearcePHDepartment of Anaesthesia, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, 3002 Australia. and BjorkstenAR.
- Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, 3002 Australia.
- Obes Surg. 1991 Jun 1; 1 (2): 141-144.
AbstractOne-hundred and ninety-two obese patients presented for upper abdominal surgery, of which 110 received general anesthesia with opioid analgesia and 82 patients received general anesthesia with opioid analgesia plus a single-shot intercostal nerve block of 0.5% bupivacaine in 1: 200,000 adrenaline. A significant increase in the time to first post-operative opioid dose and a significant reduction in the number of doses over the first 12 and 24 h periods were noted in the patients receiving intercostal nerve block.
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