European surgical research. Europäische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales européennes
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The value of pre-emptive analgesia in the treatment of postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Postoperative pain is an important surgical problem. Recent studies in pain pathophysiology have led to the hypothesis that with pre-operative administration of analgesics (pre-emptive analgesia) it may be possible to prevent or reduce postoperative pain. This study was planned to investigate the efficacy of pre-emptive analgesia on postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ⋯ Pre-emptive analgesia is as effective as postsurgical local anaesthesia in reducing postoperative pain.