Addition of Dexamethasone to local wound infiltration analgesia in diabetic foot surgery

Abstract

Pain following diabetic foot surgery is significant, and effective analgesia is associated with an improvement in functional outcomes. Dexamethasone may facilitate the action of local an esthesia, but its role as an additive to a local infiltration analgesia (LIA) mixture in diabetic foot sur gery settings has not been investigated. We hypothesized that the addition of dexamethasone to local anesthetic infiltration improves analgesic outcomes following diabetic foot surgery.