Methods Thirty consecutive patients underwent laparoscopic ventral herniorraphy (LVH) and
were selected randomly and placed into one of two groups. In one group, we placed a
lidocaine patch (LP)(Lidoderm, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chadds Ford, PA) on the
anterior abdominal wall corresponding to the placement site of the underlying mesh in
fifteen patients (Group A). In the second group, we did not place a LP on the abdominal wall
of fifteen consecutive patients (Group B). We assessed all patients according to their …