Journal of endourology
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Journal of endourology · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialIntravesical ropivacaine as a novel means of analgesia post-robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of intravesical ropivacaine as part of a mulitimodal approach to the provision of analgesia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). ⋯ Intravesical administration of ropivacaine may be used safely in the context of RARP and is associated with a significant, albeit modest reduction in the need for supplementary analgesic agents, but did not result in a decrease in postoperative pain scores.