• Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 2013

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    [Single-dose intraincisional levobupivacaine infiltration in caesarean postoperative analgesia: a placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial].

    • T Corsini, P Cuvillon, A Forgeot, C Chapelle, P Seffert, and C Chauleur.
    • Département de gynécologie-obstétrique, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France.
    • Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2013 Jan 1;32(1):25-30.

    ObjectivesThe efficacy of single-dose intraincisional infiltration with levobupivacaine in postoperative analgesia and chronic pain after caesarean sections is unknown.StudyA placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial.Patients And MethodsAfter ethical approval, and written inform consent, 140 women scheduled for a caesarean section were randomly assigned and received 30mL of levobupivacaine 0.5% (L group) or saline (placebo-P group) into their wound. The primary endpoint was morphine consumption (using intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia) for the first 24h after surgery. At 1h to 48h, side effects, pain at rest and pain 2months later were recorded.ResultsAll included patients had similar demographic and surgical characteristics. The morphine consumption was significantly lower in the L group at h6, h8 and h12 (considering both total intake and each request). At h4, the mean total morphine consumption was 25 (12) mg in the L group versus 31 (14) mg in the P group (P=0.05). Time until discharge and side effects including nausea-vomiting (14 vs 20%), wound scar complications (6 vs 8%) and chronic pain after 2months (25% in both groups complained of small pain, and 75% no pain) were similar between the two groups (P>0.05).ConclusionSingle-dose local infiltration of levobupivacaine 0.5% reduced opioid requirement at 12h, with no difference after 24h. www.clinicaltrials.com, number: NCT00621907.Copyright © 2012 Société française d’anesthésie et de réanimation (Sfar). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

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