Perioperative intravenous lidocaine in thoracoscopic surgery for improved postoperative pain control: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, superiority trial

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that perioperative intravenous lidocaine administration reduces pain scores after VATS. The beneficial clinical effects are limited. Nevertheless, intravenous lidocaine may be helpful as part of a multimodal analgesia protocol or with patients in whom the use of other analgesics is contraindicated.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03677817.PMID:38617784 | PMC:PMC11009578 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-23-1438

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - April 15, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Aljaz Hojski Daniel Bolliger Makhmudbek Mallaev Sandrine Dackam Nikolay Tsvetkov Mark Wiese Tobias Schneider Andreas Lampart Didier Lardinois Source Type: research