Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair With Elastomeric Pain Pump

administered locally, 0.5% Bupivacaine (Marcaine Abbott Laboratories) or saline administered continuously for 48 hours at 2 mL/h.

local anesthetic (bupivacaine) administered via a pain relief system consisting of a 20 gauge soaker catheter attached to an elastomeric balloon pump that is capable of infusing a set volume of local anesthetic over a wide area of surgical site for 2 to 5 days