Open AccessEffect of adding hydrocortisone to intraperitoneal bupivacaine in laparoscopic bariatric surgery
Author(s) -
Ghada F Amer,
Hosam Hamed,
Muhammad Salim,
Mohammed Hegazy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_141_19
Subject(s) - medicine , bupivacaine , analgesic , anesthesia , saline , surgery , visual analogue scale , laparoscopic surgery , laparoscopy
Bariatric surgery is the effective management of obesity; however, postoperative pain is associated with a great morbidity. The management of pain is important for the enhancement of patient recovery. Local anesthetics can be injected during laparoscopic surgery into the peritoneum throughout the ports produced either before the beginning of laparoscopy or before the closure of the wound to reduce postoperative pain. Our aim is to evaluate if there is an additive analgesic effect by the administration of intraperitoneal hydrocortisone with streamed intraperitoneal bupivacaine as a method of postoperative pain relief in laparoscopic bariatric surgeries.