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SUBMITTER: Weibel S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513586 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weibel Stephanie S Jelting Yvonne Y Pace Nathan L NL Helf Antonia A Eberhart Leopold Hj LH Hahnenkamp Klaus K Hollmann Markus W MW Poepping Daniel M DM Schnabel Alexander A Kranke Peter P
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20180604
<h4>Background</h4>The management of postoperative pain and recovery is still unsatisfactory in a number of cases in clinical practice. Opioids used for postoperative analgesia are frequently associated with adverse effects, including nausea and constipation, preventing smooth postoperative recovery. Not all patients are suitable for, and benefit from, epidural analgesia that is used to improve postoperative recovery. The non-opioid, lidocaine, was investigated in several studies for its use in ...[more]