Effect of intravenous lidocaine infusion on long-term postoperative pain after spinal fusion surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intravenous lidocaine infusion is known to reduce postoperative pain for days or weeks beyond the infusion time, and plasma half-life in several types of surgical procedures.

Objectives

To evaluate the effect of intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusion on long term postoperative pain intensity for 3 months in patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery.

Study design

Prospective randomized, double-blinded study.

Setting

Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt.

Methods

Forty patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery were randomized into 2 equal groups (n = 20 in each). Patients in the lidocaine group received IV lidocaine at a dosage of 2.0 mg/kg slowly before induction of anesthesia, followed by lidocaine IV infusion at a rate of 3.0 mg/kg/h until t

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895437 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature