Chirwa S S, MacLeod B A, Day B
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Arthroscopy. 1989;5(1):33-5. doi: 10.1016/0749-8063(89)90087-x.
In this study, 79 patients undergoing arthroscopic meniscectomy were entered into a randomized double-blind controlled trial in which intraarticular bupivacaine (Marcaine), was compared with a saline placebo. Intraarticular bupivacaine was shown to be an effective and safe method of achieving analgesia after arthroscopic meniscectomy.