British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 501-503 , December 2006

Bupivacaine as pre-emptive analgesia in third molar surgery: Randomised controlled trial

  • M. Sharif Nayyar

      Affiliations

    • National Maxillofacial Unit, Registrar Maxillofacial Unit, St James Hospital, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 4162352; fax: +353 1 4162055.
    • ,
  • C. Yates

      Affiliations

    • Wexham Park Hospital Slough, SL2 4HL England, UK
    • Tel.: +44 1753 633000; fax: +44 1753 634076.

,Accepted 7 September 2005.

References 

  1. Woolf CJ. Evidence for a central component of post-injury hypersensitivity. Nature. 1983;306:686–688
  2. Hutchinson GL, Crofts SL, Gray 1G. Preoperative piroxicam for postoperative analgesia in dental surgery. Br J Anaesth 1990;65:500–3.
  3. Tverskoy M, Cozacov C, Ayache M, Bradley EL, Kissin I. Postoperative pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy with different types of anaesthesia. Anaesth Analg. 1990;70:29–35
  4. Tordoff SG, Brossy M, Rowbotham DJ, James JN, James R, Raphael JH. The effect of pre-incisional infiltration with lignocaine on postoperative pain after molar teeth extraction under general anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 1996;51:585–587
  5. Campbell WI, Kendrick RW. Pre-emptive analgesia using local anaesthesia: a study in bilaterally symmetrical surgery. Br J Anaesth. 1997;79:657–659
  6. Tuffin JR, Cunliffe DR, Shaw SR. Do local analgesics injected at the time of third molar removal under general anaesthesia reduce significantly postoperative analgesic requirements? A double blind controlled trial. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989;27:27–32
  7. Gordon SM, Dionne RA, Brahim J, Jabir F, Dubner R. Blockade of peripheral neuronal barrage reduces postoperative pain. Pain. 1997;70:209–215
  8. Seymour RA. The use of pain scales in assessing the efficiency of analgesics in postoperative dental pain. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1982;23:441–444
  9. Meechan JG, Seymour RA. The use of third molars in clinical pharmacology. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1993;31:360–365
  10. Price DD, Bush FM, Long S, Harkins SW. A comparison of pain measurement characteristics of mechanical visual analogue and simple numerical rating scales. Pain. 1994;56(2):17–26
  11. Revill SI, Robinson JO, Rosen M, Hogg MI. The reliability of a linear analogue for evaluating pain. Anaesthesia. 1976;31:1191–1198
  12. Katz J. Pre-emptive analgesia: evidence, current status and future directions. Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl. 1995;10:8–13
  13. Chapnick P, Baker G, Munroe CO. Bupivacaine anaesthesia in oral surgery. J Can Dent Assoc. 1980;46:441–443
  14. Trieger N, Gillen GH. Bupivacaine anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia in oral surgery. Anaesth Prog. 1979;26:20–23
  15. Locatelli B, Ingelmo P, Sonzogni V, et al. Randomised, double blind, phase III, controlled trial comparing levobupivacaine 0.25%, repivacaine 0.25%, and bupivacaine 0.25% by the caudal route in children. Br J Anaesth. 2005;94:366–371
  16. Holland IS, Stassen LF. Bilateral block: is it safe and more efficient during removal of third molars?. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1996;34:243–247
  17. Adatia AK, Gehring EN. Bilateral inferior alveolar and lingual nerve block. Br Dent J. 1972;133:377–383

PII: S0266-4356(05)00299-8

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.09.012

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 501-503 , December 2006

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution