Status:
COMPLETED
Pain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy With Bilateral Tranversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Versus Local Anesthetic Infiltration
Lead Sponsor:
Baylor College of Medicine
Conditions:
Postoperative Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-64 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose if to find out if analgesia with bilateral ultrasound-guided Tranversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block with Ropivacaine 0.5% is better than analgesia with local infiltration of trochar sites ...
Detailed Description
The purpose if to find out if analgesia with bilateral ultrasound-guided Tranversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block with Ropivacaine 0.5% is better than analgesia with local infiltration of trochar sites ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient ages 18-64
- American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status I, II or III
- Inpatients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Ben Taub General Hospital
Exclusion
- Open cholecystectomy - excluded due to increased levels of pain in open procedures
- Scheduled for ambulatory surgery
- Renal dysfunction (Serum Cr \> 1.2) - excluded due to potential altered metabolism of anesthetic and pain medications
- Coagulopathy or anticoagulation - increased risk of bleeding from nerve block injection
- Allergy or contraindication to any of the study medications or anesthetic agents
- Chronic opioid analgesic use at home - excluded due to potential difficulty in assessing pain caused by the procedure alone
- Patient inability to properly describe postoperative pain to investigators (language barrier, dementia, delirium, psychiatric disorder)
- Pregnancy
- Prisoners
- Patient or surgeon refusal
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01204892
Start Date
September 1 2010
End Date
May 1 2011
Last Update
July 12 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Ben Taub General Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030