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Systemic Lidocaine Shortens Length of Hospital Stay After Colorectal Surgery: A Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial CME DisclosuresRelease Date: November 6, 2007; Valid for credit through November 6, 2008 |
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| Epidural administration of local anesthetics can provide pain relief, improve postoperative gastrointestinal function, and attenuate the surgery stress response, but it is not always an option for patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Systemic lidocaine is a possible alternative to improve surgical outcomes of colorectal surgery. - Systemic Lidocaine Shortens Length of Hospital Stay After Colorectal Surgery: A Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial
Susanne Herroeder, MD
Sabine Pecher, MD
Marianne E. Schönherr, MD
Grit Kaulitz, MD
Klaus Hahnenkamp, MD
Helmut Friess, MD
Bernd W. Böttiger, MD
Harry Bauer, MD
Marcel G.W. Dijkgraaf, PhD
Marcel E. Durieux, MD, PhD
Markus W. Hollmann, MD, PhD
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