Abstract
In patients undergoing bilateral Keller's arthroplasty the effect of injecting a long acting local anaesthetic into the pseudoarthrosis immediately after skin closure was compared to placebo into the other side in twenty patients. In a controlled double blind prospective trial, local anaesthetic proved to provide significantly better analgesia than the placebo and gave a lasting pain free interval. This procedure was simple, safe, inexpensive and free from complications.
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