Overview

A Comparison of Bupivacaine and Ketorolac for Postoperative Analgesia After Iliac Crest Bone Harvesting

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-10-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The efficacy of three postoperative pain management regimens will be compared in patients undergoing Lefort I osteotomy or alveolar cleft repair with Iliac crest bone grafts (ICBG) to determine the best way of managing postoperative pain.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Treatments:
Bupivacaine
Ketorolac
Ketorolac Tromethamine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Alveolar bone graft patients age 10-13 years of age

- Lefort I osteotomy patients needing ICBG age 14 to 20 years

- able to operate a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device

Exclusion Criteria:

- Allergy, sensitivity or contraindication to any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

- Allergy, sensitivity or contraindication to morphine

- History of gastric ulcer or bleeding diathesis