Effect of Intraoperative Bupivacaine Infiltration for Post-Operative Pain Relief in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

Tanay N. Shah, Pratham R. Bysani, Nikhil Sharma

Abstract: A single blind RCT to evaluate the effect of intraoperative bupivacaine infilteration fro post operative pain relief was conducted. Observations based on the VAS and mean duration for requirement of 1st analgesic dose post operatively. Results compared with other similar studies and found that the there is significant reduction in the VAS of post operative pain and increase in the duration for requirement for the 1st dose of the analgesic postoperatively

Keywords: Hernioplasty, bupivacaine, pain relief, intraoperative bupivacaine