
Arthroplasty
Levobupivacaine decreases morphine consumption after total hip arthroplasty
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Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Apr;470(4):1151-7. Epub 2011 Sep 30
91 adult patients who were scheduled to undergo total hip arthroplasty were randomized to receive periarticular infiltration of 150 mg levobupivacaine or a placebo. Post-operative results indicated that self-reported pain scores and rates of nausea showed no significant differences between the two groups. However, the levobupivacaine had a significantly lower morphine consumption in the first 12 hours after surgery.
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