Analgesia pós-operatória: comparação entre infusão contínua de anestésico local e opioide via cateter peridural e infusão contínua de anestésico local via cateter na ferida operatória

Abstract

Background and objectives:Continuous wound infusion has been investigated as a method of postoperative pain control and its efficacy has been demonstrated when compared to saline infusion. The objective of this study was to compare the quality of postoperative analgesia, the use of opioids as rescue analgesia, patient satisfaction, and the incidence of complications between epidural catheter infusion of local anesthetic and opioids and continuous wound infusion of local anesthetic.