Intravenous lidocaine for postmastectomy pain treatment: randomized, blind, placebo controlled clinical trial

Background and objective: Postoperative pain treatment in mastectomy remains a major challenge despite the multimodal approach. The aim of this study was to investigate the analgesic effect of intravenous lidocaine in patients undergoing mastectomy, as well as the postoperative consumption of opioid...

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Main Authors: Tania Cursino de Menezes Couceiro, Luciana Cavalcanti Lima, Léa Menezes Couceiro Burle, Marcelo Moraes Valença
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414002292