Patients scheduled for a cystectomy at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) will be enrolled
into a randomized, double blinded clinical trial to assess if postoperative pain and ileus
are reduced by perioperative intravenous lidocaine infusion versus placebo. The hypothesis is
that patients receiving the lidocaine infusion will experience better pain control and ileus
resolution. It is believed that lidocaine patients will also have less opioid requirement,
less mortality, a shorter length of stay, less nausea /vomiting, and fewer adverse events.