Is Lidocaine Patch as Effective as Intravenous Lidocaine in Pain and Illus Reduction After Cesarean Section? A Randomized Clinical Trial
Is Lidocaine Patch as Effective as Intravenous Lidocaine in Pain and Illus Reduction After Cesarean Section? A Randomized Clinical Trial
To evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine patch applied around wound in reduction of postoperative pain and illus compared to intravenous lidocaine infusion and placebo after cesarean section.
The use of lidocaine as a local anesthetic is a common and widely used in practice. Lidocaine patches can be used for localized pain control and can be placed every 24 hours. The use of lidocaine patches in post-operative patients has been reported in one case report in obstetric literature. There is one study that reports decreased immediate postoperative pain when lidocaine patches were placed at laparoscopic port sites following gynecologic surgery as measured by visual analog scale score and the Prince Henry and 5-point verbal rating pain scale . There have been no studies looking at the impact of lidocaine patches in obstetric surgical procedures, specifically cesarean sections.
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