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. 1992 Mar;74(2):85–88.

A comparison of bupivacaine instillation and inguinal field block for control of pain after herniorrhaphy.

M J Spittal 1, S J Hunter 1
PMCID: PMC2497549  PMID: 1567148

Abstract

In a single-blind, randomised trial, 50 consecutive adult patients for inguinal herniorrhaphy under general anaesthesia received either an inguinal field block or bupivacaine instilled into the wound to provide postoperative analgesia. Bupivacaine instillation was found to be simple, safe and effective. The method is particularly appropriate for day-case surgery.

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