Status:
WITHDRAWN
Bupivacaine Injections Into Uterosacral Ligaments During Robotic Assisted Total Hysterectomies
Lead Sponsor:
Souza, Amanda, M.D.
Conditions:
Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
21-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Will patients that receive injections of Marcaine into the uterine nerve via the uterosacral ligaments experience less pain postoperatively, need less narcotic pain medication and return to activities...
Detailed Description
Gynecologists use paracervical blocks in the office for decreasing pain during office based procedures. Paracervical blocks, in the office, work by injecting the cervix with local anesthetic, typicall...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients undergoing robotically assisted total hysterectomies with cystoscopy and with or without procedures involving the adnexa (salpingectomies and salpingo-oophorectomies)
Exclusion
- Patients undergoing single incision procedures, those having supracervical hysterectomies and additional procedures involving their pelvic floor (including bladder neck suspension, anterior colophorraphy, posterior colophorraphy, perinealplasty) and sacracolpopexy
- Patients with allergies to bupivacaine and its derivatives
- Patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants
- Patients with known clinically significant hepatic, gastrointestinal, renal, haematological, urologic, neurological, respiratory, endocrine or cardiovascular system abnormalities
- Patients with abnormal ECG's and prolonged QT syndrome
- Patients who are currently requiring narcotic pain medication or use narcotic pain medications regularly (more than twice weekly)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02230735
Start Date
August 1 2014
End Date
August 1 2014
Last Update
May 5 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Botsford General Hospital
Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States, 48336