Treatment for Postoperative Wound Pain in Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery: Topical Lidocaine Patches

Abstract

Topical lidocaine patches at the laparoscopic port sites reduced postoperative pain, particularly postoperative wound pain after gynecological laparoscopic procedures.

Optimizing pain management to facilitate Enhanced Recovery After Surgery pathways

“…106 Evidence for the lidocaine 5% patch for acute postoperative pain is limited. [107][108][109][110] A meta-analysis of lidocaine patch shows that lidocaine patches may not be an effective adjunct for acute and postoperative pain management. 111 No significant difference of postoperative pain intensity, opioid consumption and length of hospital stay was found between the lidocaine group and the placebo group.…”

Lidocaine patch for acute pain management: a meta-analysis of prospective controlled trials

“…Data were available on 251 patients. There were four randomized controlled trials [15][16][17][18] and one prospective cohort study 19 . For the prospective cohort study, during the first 6 month period patients received the lidocaine patch, with patients from the subsequent 6 month period serving as controls.…”

“…For the prospective cohort study, during the first 6 month period patients received the lidocaine patch, with patients from the subsequent 6 month period serving as controls. The characteristics of the included studies [15][16][17][18][19] are shown in Table 1. The flow diagram of the search process is shown in Figure 1.…”

“…Three of the five studies provided information on opioid consumption [15][16][17][18] . Two studies did not provide specific information on opioid consumption 18,19 .…”

“…Two studies did not provide specific information on opioid consumption 18,19 . Combined data (Figure 2).…”