Effect of intra-peritoneal instillation of bupivacaine injection in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Aim: to assess the outcome of intra-peritoneal instillation of bupivacaine injection in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. methods: this descriptive case series was carried out in 150 consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomies for gall stone disease in services institute of medical sciences,from december 2012 to june 2013. results: out of 150 patients 66(44%) were male and 84(56%) were females with their mean age 39.76±2.31. 13(8.67%) of the patients had hospital stay of <9 hours,134(89.33%) had post-operative stay between 9-18 hours,3(2%) had stay between 18-24 hours and no patient with >24 hours. mean postoperative pain as measured by visual analogue scale was found to be 2.86±1.72. conclusion: intra-peritoneal instillation of bupivacaine injection in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy is found considerably good,feasible and may be promoted for use in routine clinical practices to make laparoscopic cholecystectomy more safe and effective.