Overview

A Pilot Study of Bupivacaine Infusion in Abdominal Surgery

Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2013-04-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The incisions used in abdominal surgery can be quite painful, requiring strong pain medications. A new pain pump that trickles small amounts of local freezing into the incision has been developed that helps numb the area so that the patient does not feel the pain for two to five days after surgery. The main research question is whether use of the pain pump will result in decreased hospital length of stay. The research is important because if the pain pump is found to be effective, it can substantially decrease the length of stay. Areas to be studied include hospital length of stay, patient's comfort post-operatively, and post-operative complications.
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Margherita CADDEDU
Collaborators:
McMaster University
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Treatments:
Bupivacaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- eligible and consented patients between the ages of 18 and 80

- male and female patients

- scheduled for elective laparoscopic colorectal resection

- anesthetist-assessed to be ASA 1-3

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients with allergies to medications used in study

- non-ambulatory patients

- patients with foreign bodies (ie. Orthopedics prostheses)

- patients requiring colostomies as part of procedure

- patients with enterocutaneous, entero-enteric, enterovaginal, enterovesicular,
recto-vaginal, entero-utero fistulas

- pregnant patients

- immuno-compromised patients

- patients with moderate to severe ascites or moderate to severe hepatic insufficiency

- patients unable to speak and comprehend English

- patients requiring emergency colorectal resection

- patients who, for medical reasons assessed by an anesthetist, are deemed deserving of
epidural analgesia

- patients with seizure disorders

- patients assessed by an anesthetist to be ASA 4 or 5