
General Orthopaedics
Local infiltration analgesia does not reduce PCA use after periacetabular osteotomy
Acta Orthop. 2014 Apr;85(2):141-6Seventy patients scheduled to undergo periacetabular osteotomy were randomized either to receive or not receive local infiltration analgesia (LIA) with ropivacaine intra- and postoperatively. As all patients were treated with opioid based patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) postoperatively, the purpose was to determine whether LIA was effective at reducing the need for PCA (oxycodone) postoperatively. Over the first 4 postoperative days, there was no significant difference between groups in oxycodone consumption.
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