Overview

ICE T for Post GYN Surgery Pain

Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-07-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether, "ICE-T," a multimodal postoperative pain regimen composed of around the clock ice packs, toradol, and tylenol, has improved pain control compared to the standard narcotic based postoperative pain regimen in patients undergoing total laparoscopic gyn surgery.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
MetroHealth Medical Center
Treatments:
Acetaminophen
Analgesics, Opioid
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Hydromorphone
Ibuprofen
Ketorolac
Ketorolac Tromethamine
Oxycodone
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

The inclusion criteria are the following:

- Consenting, English speaking women between ages 18 and 80 who will undergo same day
laparoscopic gyn surgery at MetroHealth Medical Center

- Ability to read VAS Scores

- Specific procedures include, but are not limited to:

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less; with removal of tube(s),
and/or ovary(s)

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less; with removal of tube(s),
and/or ovary(s), with repair of enterocele

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less; with repair of enterocele

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g; with removal of tube(s)
and/or ovary(s)

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g; with removal of tube(s)
and/or ovary(s), with repair of enterocele

- Laparoscopic hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g; with repair of
enterocele

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of chronic pelvic pain

- Abdominal surgery

- History of psychiatric disease

- Currently taking analgesic medications

- Currently taking sedatives

- Liver disease

- Renal disease with CrCl < 60cc/min.

- History of burns from application of ice.

- Women who did not consent for the study.

- Intraoperative concern for increased blood loss

- Unable to speak English

- Unable to understand VAS Scores

- Undergoing concomitant abdominal procedures.

- Allergy to motrin, toradol, Percocet, Tylenol

- Active or history of peptic ulcer disease

- History of GI bleeding or perforation

- Hemorrhagic diathesis

- Severe uncontrolled heart failure

- Inflammatory bowel disease