Comparison of 2 Application Techniques for LET Gel Used Prior to Simple Laceration Repair

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-06-25
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To compare pain scores during laceration repair with first suture placement using standardized visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 different topical local anesthetic application techniques for using LET gel. Specifically, the investigators are studying if applying LET gel 3 times, spaced 10 minutes apart (triple LET) provides superior anesthesia to one 30 minute application (single LET). Single LET is the current standard method of application.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Orange County
• Treatments: Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Lidocaine; Racepinephrine; Tetracaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Patients with simple (< 3 cm) lacerations who are > 7 years old and < 18 years old, for whom the physician plans to close the laceration using simple superficial interrupted sutures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Lacerations involving the hands, feet, genitals, tongue, mucus membranes, nose, ears, or occurring over joints.

• Patients who are developmentally delayed or have a disability preventing them from giving a reliable pain score.

• Patients whose primary language is other than English or Spanish.

• Patients for whom procedural sedation is required.

• Patients receiving intranasal or oral midazolam or inhaled nitrous oxide.