Urology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Efficacy of continuous local anesthetic infusion for postoperative pain after radical retropubic prostatectomy.
To determine whether a subfascial continuous infusion of local anesthetic in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy would result in a reduction in postoperative opioid requirements and an improvement in pain scores. ⋯ Continuous subfascial infusion of local anesthetic did not result in a postoperative reduction in opioid requirements or an improvement in pain scores in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy.