Clinical Trial of the Use of Intraperitoneal Local Anaesthetic

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients undergoing keyhole gall bladder removal will be divided into 3 groups, one control, one will have local anaesthetic and the third will have normal saline nebulised into their abdomen before closure of the wounds to reduce postoperative pain. These medications will be given on top of the standard pain management protocol.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Imperial College London
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Bupivacaine; Coal Tar

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All they patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with local anaesthetic allergy, patients on chronic opiate medication or those with neurological diseases that make pain evaluation unreliable will be excluded.