Status:

UNKNOWN

Percutaneous Ketamine Versus Lidocaine or Placebo, for Post-Surgery Analgesia, in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Partial Lung Resection

Lead Sponsor:

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Conditions:

Postoperative Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Since VAT bears with it severe postopearive pain, and since ketamine has been shown to be an optimal analgesics adjuvant for postoperative pain, we wish to assess to effects of ketamie vs. lidocaine i...

Detailed Description

Ketamine hydrochlorid is a general anesthetic that is also used as short term sedative. Ketamine has an antagonistic effect on the central spinal N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptors, the latter modu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • all patients undergoing VAT

Exclusion

  • emergency patients, open thoracotomy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00822133

Start Date

February 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

January 14 2009

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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical center

Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239