Extended Release Local Anesthetic Agents in a Postoperative Arthritic Pain Model

Preanesthesia, Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia

“…The degree of analgesia provided by a local block alone is insufficient to control for visceral pain associated with laparotomy and therefore should be included as part of a multimodal analgesic approach (Hayes and Flecknell, 1999;Liles and Flecknell, 1993). Similarly, extended release formulations are being explored (Ickowicz, 2013). Similarly, extended release formulations are being explored (Ickowicz, 2013).…”