LAW Trial -The Impact of Local Anesthetics Infiltration in Surgical Wound of Gastrointestinal Procedures

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the infiltration of 0.5% Bupivacaine in the surgical wound is effective to diminish the pain and the risk of surgical site infections in patients who go to a open gastrointestinal procedure.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Bupivacaine; Pharmaceutical Solutions

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are planned to a elective gastrointestinal surgery.

• Biliary-pancreatic open procedures: biliodigestive Derivation, Pancreatoduodenectomy, Pancreato-jejunostomy (Puestow procedure, Frey).

• Open upper gastrointestinal procedures: total gastrectomy, subtotal gastrectomy (distal gastrectomy with Billroth I reconstruction or Billroth II or Roux-Y), Gastro-jejunum anastomosis, Open gastro-jejunal Roux Y bypass, intestinal resection, intestinal reconnection, intestinal Fistulectomy.

• Open colorectal procedures: Right or Left Hemicolectomy, total colectomy, low anterior resection, abdominal-perineal resection.

• Patients who decide signing the informed consent after explained the study.

• Patients with postoperative follow-up of at least 30 days, in whom the wound and / or local complications will be evaluated.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients operated laparoscopically.

• Patients operated at another hospital.

• Patients with clean surgical wounds.

• Patients in whom an epidural or subarachnoid block is used.

• Patients who are unable to sign the informed consent.

• Patients with less than 50 kg.

• Patients wiht history of: Malignant hyperthermia, cardiac disease (Heart failure, history of myocardial infarction, arrhythmias), Epilepsy, Allergic to amides.

• Patients with incomplete follow-up (less than 30 days).

• Pregnant patients.