PREOPERATIVE PERCUTANEOUS ILIOINGUINAL AND ILIOHYPOGASTRIC NERVE BLOCK WITH 0.5-PERCENT BUPIVACAINE FOR POSTHERNIORRHAPHY PAIN MANAGEMENT IN ADULTS

  • 1 May 1990
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 15  (3) , 130-133
Abstract
The safety, effectiveness and duration of a percutaneous ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block with 10 ml 0.5% bupivacaine, as a method for postoeprative analgesia, were studied prospectively in adult patients undergoing unilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy under spinal anesthesia. Group I (n = 20) blocked patients were compared with Group II (n = 25), non-blocked control patients. A blinded observer assessed pain scores and analgesic requirements after surgery. Group I patients had less pain at 3, 6, 24 and 48 hours after surgery and also reuqired less analgesics during the first two postoperative days. This technique appears to be a simple and safe method for providing effective and long-lasting postoperative analgesia following inguinal hernia repair in adults.

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