RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING LIPOSOMAL BUPIVACAINE VERSUS BUPIVACAINE HCL FOR POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF FOREFOOT SURGERY

Prospective, randomized, controlled single-blinded trial comparing liposomal bupivacaine with bupivacaine HCl for postoperative management. Upon completion of the forefoot procedure in the operative room the subject will be entered into the randomization system which will specify whether to inject 10cc (5mg/mL) of bupivacaine HCl or 8cc (13.3 mg/mL) liposomal bupivacaine, both considered routine care procedure. Thereafter, postoperative pain will be assessed and measured using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scoring scale post-operatively at 2 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours. In addition, the amount of oral morphine equivalents (OME) required postoperatively and time to first use of OME will be measured. Our hypothesis is that patients who received liposomal bupivacaine will have less post-operative pain and require less OMEs.