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Survey of Surgeons Attitude to Local Anesthetics for Postoperative Pain Relief.

P L Narendra, Harihar V Hegde, K Chandrashekharappa, Vrinda V Tore, Preetish Endigeri, Mahesha Boodadi, Dayanand G Talikoti, Maroof Ahmad Khan

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Article in Anesthesia, essays and researches. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

P L NarendraDepartment of Anesthesiology, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.
Harihar V HegdeDepartment of Anesthesiology, NMC Speciality Hospital, Ruwi, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
K ChandrashekharappaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.
Vrinda V ToreDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham NG31 8DG, England.
Preetish EndigeriDepartment of Orthopedics, Al Ameen Medical College, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India.
Mahesha BoodadiDepartment of Statistics, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.
Dayanand G TalikotiDepartment of Anesthesiology, BLDE University and Shri B M Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India.
Maroof Ahmad KhanDepartment of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Subbaiah Medical College · INAl-Ameen Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is no ideal postoperative pain management. Simple surgeon-delivered local anesthetic (LA) techniques such as wound infiltration and regional nerve blocks can play a significant role in the improvement of postoperative pain relief. SETTINGS AND

designAdministered paper questionnaires to delegates attending surgical society conferences.

methodsA 15-point questionnaire was administered to surgical delegates attending general surgey, orthopedic and gynecological conferences at different locations.

resultsResponse rate was 65.26%. 33% of surgeons used LA regularly, 31% occasionally, and 36% never used LA for postoperative analgesia. 50% of all surgeons used lignocaine for local anesthesia (

conclusionsAlthough majority of surgeons were aware of the benefits of LA use for postoperative pain relief, reluctance, lack of knowledge of LA drugs and methods of LA use and fear of infection and wound healing are barriers for effective use of LA drugs for postoperative pain relief. Attending anesthesiologists must develop methods in the operating room to create awareness about the effectiveness of LA use for postoperative pain relief. Single-use vials or ampules of LA must be encouraged to LA use for postoperative analgesia, especially in the third-world countries.

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Local anesthesiapain reliefpostoperative

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PMID31602061
PMCPMC6775849
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