title: Is an ounce of preoperative local anesthetic better than a pound of postoperative analgesic?
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Raja
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011182:Postoperative Care