Influence of different positioning of a local pain catheter on postoperative pain after paramedian laparotomy-a blinded, randomized trial

摘要

Continuous application of local anaesthetics reduces postoperative pain after different approaches for laparotomy. In this randomized, blinded trial, we investigated the effect of continuous application of local anaesthetics after paramedian laparotomy either with subfascial or subcutaneous catheter in addition to a standardized systemic analgesia.