A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Utilizing Intraperitoneal Bupivacaine

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine if spraying a local anesthetic to the cecum after a laparoscopic appendectomy decreases the amount of narcotics (pain medicine) needed after surgery and reduces the time to discharge from the hospital.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Metro Health, Michigan
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients 18 years of age and older

• Laparoscopic appendectomy at Metro Health Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adults unable to consent Non-English speaking patients

• Suspected or known malignant disease

• Patients with known allergies to the local anesthetic

• Utilizes opioid pain medicine for a chronic condition

• Elective laparoscopic appendectomy

• Known allergy or contraindication to ketorolac