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Comparative study of role of bupivacaine instillation into the operative bed for post-operative pain analgesia in modified radical mastectomy

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Dr.Kiran Kumar Nayak S, Dr.Srilakshmi N,Dr.Vinay G,Dr.Abhilash

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Surgery still has a pivotal role in the management of breast cancer, even though recent advances in oncology are trending towards more conservative techniques followed by chemotherapy.The consensus development conference on the treatment of breast cancer in 1979 stated that modified radical mastectomy was the standard of treatment for stage 1 and 2 disease. 60 patients of either sex between age group 30 to 60 years undergoing elective Modified Radical Mastectomywere divided into two groups of 30 patients each randomly who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. In this study, When we look closer, we could see that, despite of being statistically significant, the VAS and VRS scores at initial intervals (1hr, 4hrs) were low in group A when compared to group B. At 8 hours and, there was a marked increase in VAS and VRS score in group B and thereafter it was akin in two groups

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