The purpose of this study is to attempt to determine retrospectively whether there was a
statistically significant difference in patient need for postoperative narcotics between two
different groups of women who received a laparoscopic tubal ligation. One group received a
local anesthetic injection or gel at the surgical sites, in addition to general anesthesia.
The other group did not receive any local anesthetic but did receive general anesthesia. The
investigators hypothesize that the group that received the local anesthetic injection or gel
had lower average postoperative narcotic requirements and shorter postoperative dismissal to
home times than the group that did not receive the auxiliary local anesthetic.
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Treatments:
Anesthetics Anesthetics, Local Bupivacaine Lidocaine