Document Classification

Section Type: METHODS

Text: In this prospective, double-blinded study, 120 patients were randomized into 4 groups : group 1, preincisional (10 mL) and postoperative (10 mL) wound infiltration of 0. 5 % bupivicaine, (+ Pre + Post) ; group 2, preincisional bupivacaine (10 mL) and postoperative infiltration (10 mL) of placebo (normal saline solution), (+ Pre-Post) ; group 3, preincisional placebo (10 mL) and postoperative bupivacaine (10 mL), (- Pre + Post) ; or group 4, preincisional (10 mL) and postoperative infiltration of placebo (10 mL), (- Pre-Post).