Patient Controlled Regional Analgesia After Inguinal Hernia Repair

摘要: METHODS: 20-70 years old, ASA I-II, 30 patients who underwent inguinal hernia repair were included to study. Patients were randomized into two equal groups. In Group I, a system produced from a minivac drain catheter was placed near ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve at the end of the operation. Catheter was connected to a pump which was set to infuse 25mg bupivacaine and locked for 2, 5 hours. In Group II, after giving a bolus of 50 mg tramadol, a pump was set to continuous intravenous infusion of 14mg/hour tramadol. At 30. and 60.