title: Intra-articular analgesia following arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder.
abstract: Shoulder surgery is very often followed by severe postoperative pain. Loco-regional anaesthesia has greatly contributed as a solution of this problem. Nevertheless most of surgery is still performed under general anaesthesia. In this case many different methods have been proposed in order to mitigate postoperative pain. Intra-articular administration of local anaesthetics after shoulder surgery is not yet in routinely clinical practice. In this study efficacy of intra-articular administration of Ropivacaine versus Bupivacaine has been evaluated. Analysis of results showed both drugs to share the same effectiveness within four hours postoperatively. In subsequent period (6-24 hours) Ropivacaine demonstrated to provide a statistically significant better postoperative pain relief. Furthermore Ropivacaine group patients needed postoperative analgesics to a lesser extent than Bupivacaine group. The long-losting satisfactory level of analgesia, particularly with Ropivacaine, could recommend the use of intra-articular analgesia even for day-hospital or one-day surgery procedures.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodolà
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vagnoni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Avolio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vurchio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Micci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chierichini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vergari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000577:Amides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077212:Ropivacaine; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000077212:Ropivacaine; D002045:Bupivacaine