Open AccessPre-Emptive Incision-Site Infiltration with Ropivacaine Plus Dexamethasone for Postoperative Pain After Supratentorial Craniotomy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Chunli Zhao,
Shaoheng Wang,
Yuesong Pan,
Nan Ji,
Fang Luo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s300943
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , dexamethasone , anesthesia , craniotomy , sufentanil , randomized controlled trial , surgery , infiltration (hvac) , local anesthetic , physics , thermodynamics
Incision-site infiltration with local anesthetics prevents pain on incision site, but pain relief is limited to the first few postoperative hours. Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to local infiltration successfully achieves better postoperative pain relief; however, this has not been studied in craniotomy patients yet.