Perioperative intravenous lidocaine infusion improves postoperative analgesia after hysterectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Int J Surg · 2025 · PMC11745622 · PMID 38976912

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

While some postoperative pain measures did not reach statistical significance at certain time points, this does not imply ineffectiveness of lidocaine.

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