Objectives: Decrease acute pain after breast cancer surgery by an infiltration of ropivacaine. Analyse effect on chronic pain.
Study Design: Prospective randomised double blind versus placebo study.
Patients And Methods: Eighty-one patients randomised between two groups received wound infiltration with 40 ml of ropivacaine 4.75 mg/ml or placebo. Acute pain was assessed during 24h with analogical visual scale and antalgic consumption. One year later, telephonic interviews looked for chronic pain and evaluate it with McGill Pain Questionnaire.
Results: Analogical visual scale pain score, antalgic consumption and chronic pain incidence were similar between groups.
Conclusion: Ropivacaine scar infiltration provided no acute or chronic pain relief after breast cancer surgery.
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