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

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Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108