The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Controlled trial of preperitoneal local anaesthetic for reducing pain following laparoscopic hernia repair.
A prospective randomized trial was performed to determine whether local anaesthetic solutions injected into the preperitoneal space may provide additional pain relief following transabdominal preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair. ⋯ This study suggests that instilling local anaesthetic into the preperitoneal space has no significant effect on postoperative pain relief requirement following laparoscopic hernia repair. Other methods of reducing postoperative pain should be sought that may facilitate day-case laparoscopic hernia surgery.