Status:
COMPLETED
Pain Management for Pectus Excavatum Repair
Lead Sponsor:
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Conditions:
Postoperative Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
8-18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to scientifically evaluate two different management strategies for post-operative pain after pectus excavatum repair. The hypothesis is that pain management without an ...
Detailed Description
This will be a single institution, prospective, randomized clinical trial involving patients who undergo the minimally invasive repair of a pectus excavatum deformity with bar placement. This is inten...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients undergoing a pectus excavatum repair with bar placement.
Exclusion
- Open repair
- Re-Do operation
- Known allergy to a pain medication in the protocol
- Existing contraindications to epidural catheter placement
- Requirement for 2 bars to be placed (rare)
- Inadequate baseline cognitive function to understand/respond to VAS questionnaire
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
110 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00413582
Start Date
October 1 2006
End Date
October 1 2010
Last Update
January 16 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108