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Article: The safety and efficacy of intrabursal oxycodone and bupivacaine in analgesia after shoulder surgery
- Article from:
- Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright Churchill Livingstone Inc., Medical Publishers Sep/Oct 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Background and Objectives. Peripherally administered opioids, e.g., intra-articular morphine, exert their analgesic action on local opioid receptors. The present study investigated the safety and efficacy of intrabursal oxycodone and bupivacaine in comparison with bupivacaine infiltration and interscalene brachial plexus block in conjunction with shoulder surgery. Methods. A prospective, randomized study was conducted in 45 patients ( 15 per group) undergoing elective shoulder surgery during general anesthesia. At the end of the surgery, patients received either 10 mL 0.5% bupivacaine (group B) or 5 mg oxycodone and 10 mL 0.5% bupivacaine (group OB) in the subacromial bursa; interscalene ...