Levobupivacaine to the Surgical Wound Following Cesarean
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The postoperative period following cesarean is associated with moderate to severe pain that
requires a considerable amount of analgesics that carry with them side-effects such as
nausea, vomiting, fatigue and immobilization. Several studies have tried, with variable
results, to find a more effective analgesia alternative such as infusion of local anesthetics
through a catheter in the surgical wound sinus, a practice that has currently been widely
used in clinical practice. Despite existing references on its use in the postoperative period
following cesareans there continues to be a lack of information on other aspects. The
investigators study hypothesis is that the use of levobupivacaine in the surgical wound will
reduce the surface of hyperalgesia compared to the control group.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Manuel Ángel Gómez-Ríos
Treatments:
Anesthetics Anesthetics, Local Bupivacaine Levobupivacaine