CONTINUOUS LOCAL ANESTHETIC INFUSION IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD

Abstract

A review of the literature data on the methods, effectiveness, and safety of the proposed (continuous) local injection of anesthetics in the postoperative period after abdominal operations has been carried out. There are at least 4 methods of this technique: with the installation of catheters in the subcutaneous tissue, in the musculo-fascial sheath, in the preperitoneal and abdominal cavity in the zone of greatest dissection. Most authors of the analyzed publications consider this technique to be an effective and safe method of postoperative pain relief and an alternative to epidural anesthesia or medical methods of pain relief (opioid).