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Héctor César Durán-Vega1, Arturo Ramírez-Montañana2, Octavio Gonzalez Galindo3
1Cirujano Plástico Estético y Reconstructivo, Certificado por el AMCPER, ASAPS, ISAPS; FILACP; ASPS, Centro Medico de las Américas, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Background:
Breast augmentation surgery is still 1 of the most popular procedures in plastic surgery. Like other surgical procedures, it has been traditionally handled with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and narcotics, which had many adverse effects; therefore, alternatives with the same effectiveness are being researched. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of ropivacaine breast pocket irrigation during primary breast augmentation surgery to control pain during the first postoperative hours.
Methods:
A multicenter, prospective, double-blind, randomized trial was performed on 52 primary breast augmentation procedures in which patients served as their own control: One breast received ropivacaine pocket irrigation and the other placebo. All patients received an oral analgesic. Pain was evaluated with a visual analogue scale at 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes postoperatively.
Results:
Pain was significantly less in ropivacaine breast at 90 and 120 minutes postoperatively (P = 0.027 and 0.022, respectively). There was no statistical significance when the type of anesthesia used, general or epidural, was compared (P = 0.33 and P = 0.37 at 90 and 120 minutes, respectively).
Conclusions:
Ropivacaine irrigation in breast pocket is able to diminish early postoperative pain safely, being an alternative to other analgesic methods.
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