Liposome Bupivacaine for Postsurgical Analgesia in Adult Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Colectomy: Results from Prospective Phase IV Sequential Cohort Studies Assessing Health Economic Outcomes

Liposome Bupivacaine for Postsurgical Analgesia in Adult Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Colectomy: Results from Prospective Phase IV Sequential Cohort Studies Assessing Health Economic Outcomes

Background: Opioid-based postsurgical analgesia exposes patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy to elevated risk for gastrointestinal motility problems and other opioid-related adverse events (ORAEs). The purpose of our research was to investigate postsurgical outcomes, including opioid consumpti...

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Main Authors: Keith A. Candiotti, MD, Laurence R. Sands, MD, Edward Lee, MD, Sergio D. Bergese, MD, Alan E. Harzman, MD, Jorge Marcet, MD, Anjali S. Kumar, MD, Eric Haas, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Current Therapeutic Research
Subjects:
hospitalization cost
laparoscopic colectomy
length of stay
multimodal analgesia
opioid-related adverse events
surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011393X13000362

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