Assessment and Prevention of Acute Post-herniotomy Pain

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study is the assessment and management of Acute Post-herniotomy Pain using two different therapeutical protocols per os: ketorolac versus association of acetaminophene+tramadol.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
• Collaborator: University of Pavia
• Treatments: Ketorolac; Ketorolac Tromethamine; Tramadol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males and females over 18 years, under 80 years, scheduled for elective herniotomy

• Classification American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I: without systemic disease

• Classification ASA II or III (mild systemic disease or severe systemic disease that limits the activity without invalidity).

• Patients with hernia typ 2, 3a, 3b (classification NYHUS (1993))

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA III, IV

• Emergency surgery

• Recovery in intensive care unit after surgery

• habitual opioid consumption

• NSADs allergy

• cognitive or mental alterations

• coagulopathy

• piastrinemia < 100.000/mm3