TY - BOOK AU - Vilma Tagarao-Simbulan, Anita V. Ocampo-So AU - ED - ED - ED - The PLM College of Medicine and the Ospital ng Maynila : Journal of Medicine. October 1992. pp. 19-20. ED - SN - 2 PY - 0000///46 CY - PB - KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Incisional Infiltration KW - sears0 N1 - ABSTRACT : In double blind study, 50 subjects were randomized to recieved incision infiltration of either bupivacaine hydrochloride, a newer drug (1mg/kg body weight) and placebo (50 ml 0.9% NaCI) during the wound closure following primary cesarean section. Incisional infiltration of bupivacain hydrochloride provided significantly longer postoperative analgesia (more than 17 hours) than placebo (less than 7 hours). Moreover, the need for more postoperative analgesics was m inimized. No significant side effects were noted. Incisional infiltration of bupivacaine hydrochloride is thus effective in the control of pain following cesarean section; 5 ER -