Pain Relief by Continuous Intraperitoneal Nebulization of Ropivacaine during Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery-A Randomized Study and Review of the Literature

Our study is the first to examine the effects of intraperitoneal nebulization of ropivacaine throughout laparoscopic gynecologic procedures on patients undergoing general anesthesia. Nebulization of 100 mg of ropivacaine under our specific regimen of anesthesia does not improve patients' outcome in terms of intraoperative and postoperative pain along with consumption of analgesics. Further research with other regimens is required.