The Ideal Local Anesthetic for Intraperitoneal Gallbladder Bed Infiltration Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

In Group A, patients received 20 ml of 1% lignocaine (Xyloaid-lignocaine HCl injection) infiltrated in the gall bladder bed after removal of the gall bladder, along with 10 ml of 1% lignocaine infiltration at the port sites at the end of the procedure. Subjects in Group B received 20 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine (Bupicain-Bupivacaine HCl injection) infiltration in gall bladder bed, along with 10 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine at port sites. In Group C patients received 10 ml of 1% lignocaine along with 10 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine infiltrated in gall bladder bed, and then 5 ml of 1% lignocaine along with 5 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine at the port sites