• Medicina · Jan 2004

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    [Bupivacaine for continuous interscalene brachial plexus analgesia after shoulder surgery].

    • Ramūnas Tamosiūnas, Rimtautas Gudas, Aurika Karbonskiene, and Irena Marchertiene.
    • Clinic of Anesthesiology, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Eiveniu 2, 50010 Kaunas, Lithuania. ramunas@kmu.lt
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2004 Jan 1;40(4):351-7.

    ObjectiveThis study evaluates clinical efficacy of continuous interscalene brachial plexus block with bupivacaine 0.15% for postoperative analgesia after shoulder surgery.Material And MethodsEighty patients, scheduled for elective shoulder surgery, were included in this study. All patients received an interscalene block before surgery. A perineural catheter was then introduced for continuous brachial plexus analgesia. Patients were prospectively randomized in a double-blinded fashion to receive either bupivacaine 0.15% or placebo postoperative infusion through an interscalene catheter. Pain was assessed with a visual analog scale at rest and also in motion. Duration of surgery and surgery type, satisfaction scores, supplemental analgesia, side effects, circulatory and respiratory parameters were recorded.ResultsThe bupivacaine group showed less pain at rest and in motion than the placebo group (p<0.0001), except 4 and 6 h after the brachial plexus block; a requirement for supplemental analgesia was also lower. Side effects (except weakness in the arm, which was more frequent in bupivacaine group), circulatory and respiratory parameters were comparable in both groups. Satisfaction scores were higher in bupivacaine group.ConclusionsContinuous interscalene brachial plexus analgesia is a reliable and effective method of providing postoperative pain relief after shoulder surgery and is superior to the systemic analgesia.

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