European journal of pain : EJP
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Impact of analgesic techniques on early quality of recovery after prostatectomy: a 3-arm, randomised trial.
Prostatectomy is associated with relevant acute postoperative pain. Optimal analgesic techniques to minimize pain and enhance recovery are still under investigation. We aimed to compare the effect of three different analgesic techniques on quality of recovery. ⋯ Optimal analgesic techniques to enhance recovery after prostatectomy are still under investigation. In this 3-arm randomized controlled trial, addition of spinal anaesthesia or transversus abdominis plane block to general anaesthesia did not improve quality of recovery after radical prostatectomy compared to less invasive intravenous lidocaine infusion (standard of care/control group). Quality of recovery at the time of discharge was considered as good in all three groups.