Comparative study between Levobupivacaine and Bupivacaine for hernia surgery in the elderly

BMC Surgery

Research Article

Rita Compagna¹  Giovanni Aprea¹  Gabriele Vigliotti¹  Guido Coretti¹  Bruno Amato¹  Maurizio Amato¹  Carmelo Militello²  Domenico Prezioso³  Fabrizio Iacono³  Alessandro Puzziello⁴ 

[1] Department of General, Geriatric, Oncologic Surgery and advanced technologies, University "Federico II" of Naples, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy;Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy;Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy;Endocrinosurgery Unit, Dept of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, Italy Catanzaro, Italy;

关键词: Bupivacaine;    Inguinal Hernia;    Ropivacaine;    Levobupivacaine;    Pubic Tubercle;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S12

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in the elderly. Treatment of this type of pathology is exclusively surgical and relies almost always on the use of local anesthesia. While in the past hernia surgery was carried out mainly by general anesthesia, in recent years there has been growing emphasis on the role of local anesthesia.MethodsThe aim of our study was to compare intra-and postoperative analgesia obtained by the use of levobupivacaine compared with that of bupivacaine. Bupivacaine is one of the main local anesthetics used in the intervention of inguinal hernioplasty. Levobupivacaine is an enantiomer of racemic bupivacaine with less cardiotoxicity and neurotoxicity. The study was conducted from April 2010 to May 2012. We collected data of forty male patients, aged between 73 and 85 years, who underwent inguinal hernioplasty with local anesthesia for the first time.ResultsMinimal pain is the same in both groups. Mild pain was more frequent in the group who used bupivacaine, moderate pain was slightly more frequent in the group who used levobupivacaine, and the same for intense pain. It is therefore evident how Bupivacaine is slightly less preferred after four and twenty four hours, while the two drugs seem to have the same effect at a distance of twelve and forty-eight hours. Bupivacaine shows a significantly higher number of complications, as already demonstrated by previous studies. The request for an analgesic was slightly higher in patients receiving levobupivacaine.ConclusionsAfter considering all these elements, we can conclude that the clinical efficacy of levobupivacaine and racemic bupivacaine are essentially similar, when used under local intervention of inguinal hernioplasty.

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© Compagna et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012