Rapid pain relief
A synergistic effect is seen when VISCOSEAL®
is administered with a local anaesthetic.
Following arthroscopic shoulder surgery,
58 patients were given either 10 mL VISCOSEAL®
plus 10 mL bupivacaine 0.5%, or 20 mL bupivacaine
alone. Patients treated with VISCOSEAL® showed
improved pain relief. Indeed, among 28 patients
who received VISCOSEAL® plus bupivacaine
following arthroscopic shoulder surgery,
29% reported no pain 4 h after the operation
compared with 0% in the bupivacaine group.44