Research Article Study of the Effect of Intra-abdominal Lidocaine on Postoperative Abdominal and Scapular Pain in Elective

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Pain control during the first 24 hours after laparoscopic surgery is of particular importance. Different methods for this purpose are listed that including the intraperitoneal administration of Morphine, Bupivacaine, Lidocaine, etc. The aim of this study is prevalence of intraperitoneal administration of Lidocaine on pain and shoulder pain in the postoperative in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery. This study was a double blind clinical trial on 80 patient that were for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery. They were divided randomly into two groups of 40 number that in the first group after laparoscopy and before leaving the trocar, 100 cc Normal Saline containing 200 mg of Lidocaine in the diaphragm, and peritoneal cavity was sprayed and in the second group only 100 cc of Normal Saline was sprayed into the abdomen. After the surgery abdominal pain an