Open AccessPostoperative Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Ropivacaine Plus Diprospan for Preemptive Scalp Infiltration in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Xueye Han,
Tong Ren,
Yan Wang,
Nan Ji,
Fang Luo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000005971
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , randomized controlled trial , analgesic , betamethasone , prospective cohort study , surgery , lidocaine , sufentanil , local anesthetic , immunology
Preemptive injection of local anesthetics can prevent postoperative pain at the incision site, but the analgesic effect is insufficient and is maintained only for a relatively short period of time. Diprospan is a combination of quick-acting betamethasone sodium phosphate and long-acting betamethasone dipropionate. Whether Diprospan as an adjuvant to local anesthetic can achieve postcraniotomy pain relief has not been studied yet.