Revelatory findings in pain relief

BREAKTHROUGH research in post-surgery pain relief at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) will help patients recover faster from major abdominal operations.

A new way of injecting local anaesthetic into a particular point in the abdomen decreases pain and improves healing times after surgery.

The technique has been developed by Dr John McDonnell, specialist registrar in anaesthesia at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, and Dr Tom Farrell, senior anatomy lecturer at the RCSI.