Meta-analysis of the effect of perioperative intravenous lidocaine on return of gastrointestinal function after colorectal surgery.

C CookeE D KennedyI FooS NimmoD SpeakeHugh M Paterson Nicholas T Ventham

Published in: Techniques in coloproctology (2019)

Perioperative IV lidocaine may improve recovery of gastrointestinal function after colorectal surgery. Large-scale effectiveness studies to measure effect size and evaluate optimum dose/duration are warranted.

Keyphrases

systematic review
cardiac surgery
case control
patients undergoing
randomized controlled trial
meta analyses
high dose
acute kidney injury
low dose