Post-operative pain control using a local anesthetic

30 patients subjected to operations for open cholecystectomy [15 patients] and inguinal hernia repair [15 patients] received postoperative pain analgesia through perfusing their wounds with bupivacaine via a catheter inserted in the wound. 83% of them experienced no pain all through the 72 hours of the trial. and one patient only had severe pain on the same day of operation and needed one dose a narcotic. It can be concluded that, this method is safe, easy and less expensive and could be applied for most cases