Randomized Controlled Trial
Continuous preperitoneal infusion of ropivacaine provides effective analgesia and accelerates recovery after colorectal surgery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Anesthesiology. 2007 Sep 1;107(3):461-8.
Randomized Controlled Trial
Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of ropivacaine continuous wound instillation after joint replacement surgery.
Br J Anaesth. 2003 Dec 1; 91 (6): 830-5.
Randomized Controlled Trial
Local infusion of bupivacaine combined with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia provides better pain relief than intravenous patient-controlled analgesia alone in patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2008 Jun 1;135(6):1348-52.