The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
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Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol · Oct 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyContinuous wound infiltration versus epidural analgesia after hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery (POP-UP): a randomised controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial.
Epidural analgesia is the international standard for pain treatment in abdominal surgery. Although some studies have advocated continuous wound infiltration with local anaesthetics, robust evidence is lacking, especially on patient-reported outcome measures. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of continuous wound infiltration in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. ⋯ Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.