Research Article

Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery

Volume: 49 Number: 3 July 17, 2015
  • Pinar Sayin
  • Hale Dobrucali
  • Hacer Turk
  • Tolga Totoz
  • Canan Isil
  • Ayse Hanci
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Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative analgesic efficacy of intra-articularly injected levobupivacaine, levobupivacaine-fentanyl, and levobupivacaine-tramadol combinations.
Methods: Eighty patients scheduled for elective knee arthroscopy were divided randomly into 4 groups of 20 patients each. Group 1 (the control group) received intra-articular saline, Group 2 received levobupivacaine 2.5 mg/ml, Group 3 received levobupivacaine 2.5 mg/ml + tramadol 50 mg, and Group 4 received levobupivacaine 2.5 mg/ml + fentanyl l50 mcg. All patients were operated on under general anesthesia, and a total of 20 ml study solution was injected: 7 ml subcutaneously before surgery and 13 ml intra-articularly upon completion of surgery. For postoperative, pain visual analogue scale (VAS) was assessed at the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th, and 24th hours postoperatively. Patients with a VAS score over 5 received diclofenac sodium, and the need for rescue analgesics was recorded.
Results: At the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 12th, and 24th postoperative hours, Group 3 and Group 4 had statistically significant lower VAS scores of pain (p<0.01). Postoperative rescue analgesic requirements were different among the groups. The postoperative 1st hour analgesic requirement was statistically significantly lower in Group 3 and Group 4 when compared to the other groups (p<0.01). At the postoperative 2nd and 4th hours, analgesic requirements were statistically significantly lower in Group 3 than in the other groups (p<0.01). Analgesic requirements were statistically significantly lower in Group 3 and Group 4 than in the other groups (p<0.01). Analgesic requirements at the 12th and 24th postoperative hours did not show any statistically significant difference (p>0.05).
Conclusion: The results indicated that levobupivacaine combined with either fentanyl or tramadol decreased rescue analgesic requirements when compared to levobupivacaine alone.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Pinar Sayin This is me

Hale Dobrucali This is me

Hacer Turk This is me

Tolga Totoz This is me

Canan Isil This is me

Ayse Hanci This is me

Publication Date

July 17, 2015

Submission Date

March 18, 2015

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 49 Number: 3

APA
Sayin, P., Dobrucali, H., Turk, H., Totoz, T., Isil, C., & Hanci, A. (2015). Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 49(3), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107
AMA
1.Sayin P, Dobrucali H, Turk H, Totoz T, Isil C, Hanci A. Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015;49(3):267-273. doi:10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107
Chicago
Sayin, Pinar, Hale Dobrucali, Hacer Turk, Tolga Totoz, Canan Isil, and Ayse Hanci. 2015. “Effects of Intra-Articular Levobupivacaine, Fentanyllevobupivacaine and Tramadol-Levobupivacaine for Postoperative Pain in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 49 (3): 267-73. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107.
EndNote
Sayin P, Dobrucali H, Turk H, Totoz T, Isil C, Hanci A (July 1, 2015) Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 49 3 267–273.
IEEE
[1]P. Sayin, H. Dobrucali, H. Turk, T. Totoz, C. Isil, and A. Hanci, “Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 267–273, July 2015, doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107.
ISNAD
Sayin, Pinar - Dobrucali, Hale - Turk, Hacer - Totoz, Tolga - Isil, Canan - Hanci, Ayse. “Effects of Intra-Articular Levobupivacaine, Fentanyllevobupivacaine and Tramadol-Levobupivacaine for Postoperative Pain in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 49/3 (July 1, 2015): 267-273. https://doi.org/10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107.
JAMA
1.Sayin P, Dobrucali H, Turk H, Totoz T, Isil C, Hanci A. Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015;49:267–273.
MLA
Sayin, Pinar, et al. “Effects of Intra-Articular Levobupivacaine, Fentanyllevobupivacaine and Tramadol-Levobupivacaine for Postoperative Pain in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 49, no. 3, July 2015, pp. 267-73, doi:10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107.
Vancouver
1.Pinar Sayin, Hale Dobrucali, Hacer Turk, Tolga Totoz, Canan Isil, Ayse Hanci. Effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine, fentanyllevobupivacaine and tramadol-levobupivacaine for postoperative pain in arthroscopic knee surgery. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2015 Jul. 1;49(3):267-73. doi:10.3944/AOTT.2015.14.0107