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• The Journal of urology · Jan 1998

  Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

  Bupivacaine infiltration into the neurovascular bundle of the prostatic nerve does not improve postoperative pain or recovery following transvesical prostatectomy.

  We assessed the effect of intraoperative bupivacaine infiltration into the neurovascular bundle of the prostatic nerve on postoperative pain and patient outcome. ⋯ Following transvesical prostatectomy, prostatic nerve blockade has no beneficial effects on postoperative pain or patient outcome.

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