Transdermal Lidocaine for Perioperative Pain: a Systematic Review of the Literature
Other Pain (A Kaye and N Vadivelu, Section Editors)
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Abstract
Purpose of Review
The purpose of this review is to provide a summary of the perioperative studies that have examined transdermal lidocaine (lidocaine patch) as an analgesic and put the evidence in context of the likely overall benefit of transdermal lidocaine in the perioperative period.
Recent Findings
Several randomized controlled trials have been published in the past 4 years that concluded transdermal lidocaine can reduce acute pain associated with laparoscopic trocar or cannula insertion.
Summary
Transdermal lidocaine may reduce short-term pain after surgery in selected surgery types and has a low risk of toxicity but its overall clinical utility in the perioperative setting is questionable. Transdermal lidocaine does not consistently reduce opioid consumption after surgery and has not been shown to improve patient function.
Keywords
Transdermal lidocaine Lidocaine patch Perioperative analgesia Multimodal analgesia Local anesthetics Opioid epidemicNotes
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Departmental funds only.
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Conflict of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this manuscript.
Human and Animal Rights and Informed Consent
This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.
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