A Randomized Trial of Bupivicaine Pain Pumps to Eliminate the Need for Patient Controlled Analgesia Pumps in Primary Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

摘要

The use of a bupivicaine pain pump has previously been reported to lower costs to hospitals, while providing similar pain relief to opioid-based patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps. However, these benefits have not been investigated in laparoscopic bariatric surgery.