title: The effect of wound irrigation with bupivacaine on postoperative analgesia of the feline onychectomy patient.
abstract: Eighteen cats that each underwent an elective onychectomy were evaluated using a double-blind study design to determine if wound irrigation with bupivacaine prior to wound closure would decrease postoperative pain. The cats were divided alternately into an experimental group (n = 9) and a control group (n = 9). The experimental patients received bupivacaine in each incision prior to closure. The control patients received saline in each incision prior to closure. The patients were evaluated for postoperative pain using a pain-score system. The bupivacaine-treated patients had a significantly higher mean pain score at two hours following recovery from anesthesia than the saline-treated patients. At three hours following recovery from anesthesia, pain scores were not significantly different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002415:Cats / Q000601:surgery*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000662:veterinary; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine