Authors' objectives: Many patients (more than 80%) have postoperative pain or acute pain after surgery with fewer than 50% receiving adequate relief. Poorly controlled postoperative pain may negatively impact clinical outcomes and is associated with problems such as poor wound healing, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, coronary ischemia, myocardial infarction, and pneumonia. Complications arising from ineffective postoperative pain management can reduce quality of life, lengthen hospital stays, increase readmission rates, and lead to development of chronic pain. Postoperative pain management may include intravenous medication delivered via a patient-controlled analgesia pump, epidural analgesia, spinal anesthesia, nerve blocks, local anesthetics, opioid and nonopioid analgesics, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Bolus injection of local anesthetics into the surgical site is an option for pain control; however, the duration of effect is limited to several hours. A long-acting local anesthetic has the potential to improve postsurgical pain control, reduce the need for systemic opioid use, and reduce complications.

Project Status: Completed

Year Published: 2014

URL for published report: The report may be purchased from: http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=16556

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

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Country: United States

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