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SUAREZ PASCUAL, Odis Laida et al. Postoperative intraarticular analgesia in arthroscopic knee surgery. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.9, pp. 2150-2157. ISSN 1029-3019.

A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in 100 patients attending the specialized outpatient department of knee arthroscopy at "Dr Joaquín Castillo Duany" Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital of Santiago de Cuba (January 2007-December 2008) to evaluate the effectiveness of 0,25% bupivacaine intraarticular injection as analgesic method before or after surgery. Patients of the case material were distributed in 2 equal groups; one group received 30 mL of bupivacaine with epinephrine 20 minutes before surgery, and the other received the same but after the intervention. The effectiveness of this injection was demonstrated after the arthroscopy as it reduced intensity of the postoperative pain and the use of analgesics with minimal complications; however their preventive use was not effective.

Palavras-chave : knee arthroscopy; intraarticular injection; bupivacaine; postoperative analgesia; secondary health care.

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