Functional Restoration After Abdominal and Pelvic Laparoscopic Surgery: Effect of Perioperative Intravenous Lidocaine
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This is a blinded randomized controlled trial in patients undergoing laparoscopic colon
surgery. The aim of this study is to assess whether perioperative intravenous lidocaine has
an impact on the early post operative physical activity recovery of patients scheduled for
laparoscopic colon surgery.
Twenty patients will receive thoracic epidural analgesia, twenty patients will receive
intravenous lidocaine plus patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) and twenty patients will
receive only PCA.
Hypothesis: patients receiving perioperative intravenous lidocaine, post operative recovery
will be faster and decrease pain intensity, opioid consumption and side effects, length of
hospital stay; probably as a result of a significant opioid sparing and attenuated
inflammatory response.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
McGill University Health Center McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre