Intravenous Lidocaine for Postoperative Analgesia in 90 patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty and Limb Fractures

23 March 2022: Clinical Research

Rajmonda Nallbani ^1ABCDEFG* , Edmond Komoni ^2ABCDEF , Fatos Sada ^1ABCDEF , Ismet Q. Jusufi ^3ABCDEF , Antigona Hasani ^1ABCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.935852

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e935852

Table 2 Comparison of mean VAS at rest and during movement in patients treated with lidocaine and controls.

VAS at rest	Lidocaine	Control	P-value	VAS during movement	Lidocaine	Control	P-value
n	40	41			40	41
0 min	4.5±1.3	5.0±1.3	P=0.125	0 min	4.6±0.7	5.1±0.7	P=0.01
15 min	4.7±1.6	5.1±1.2	P=0.203	15 min	4.5±0.8	5.2±1.0	P=0.003
30 min	4.0±0.7	4.6±1.0	P=0.003	30 min	4.7±0.8	5.5±0.9	P
1 h	2.5±0.7	5.1±0.6	P	1 h	4.5±0.5	5.8±0.7	P
6 h	2.8±0.5	6.8±0.4	P	6 h	3.6±0.7	7.9±0.8	P
12 h	2.4±0.5	5.5±0.7	P	12 h	3.1±0.5	7.0±1.0	P
24 h	2.5±0.5	4.0±0.4	P	24 h	2.6±0.5	5.5±1.0	P
Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation or number (%). VAS – visual analog scale.