Local Anesthesia Versus Saline Serum in Surgical Incision of Colorectal or Hepatic Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a continuous infusion of local anesthesia
with a catheter in the surgical wound reduces patient consumption of opiates by 30% in the
48-hour postoperative period following surgery for colorectal neoplasm and hepatic surgery
versus the continuous infusion of physiological serum.