Preoperative Gabapentin for Acute and Chronic Post-thoracotomy Analgesia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
One dose of either gabapentin or placebo will be given to patients prior to thoracotomy.
Patients will also receive an epidural infusion, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia
with fentanyl, oral acetaminophen and intravenous ketorolac as needed to achieve optimal
analgesia. Pain ratings and supplemental medication use will be recorded for 48 hours and
will also be assessed at 3 months postoperatively to determine whether the patients who
received gabapentin had improved analgesia and/or required less supplemental medication than
the placebo group.