Preoperative analgesia with local lidocaine infiltration for abdominal hysterectomy pain management.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of preemptive local analgesia at the incision site in reducing pain in women undergoing abdominal hysterectomy for a benign myomatous uterus.

Study Design: In this prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, 20 mL of 1% lidocaine or 0.9% saline was injected at the abdominal incision site prior to the performance of the hysterectomy.