Overview

Reducing Post-Op Pain After Sacrospinous Ligament Colpopexy

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2016-07-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
Female

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to determine if intraoperative local analgesia administered at the level of the sacrospinous ligament can lessen the gluteal pain felt by patients postoperatively after SSL colpopexy. Hypothesis: Local analgesia administered at the level of the sacrospinous ligament can lessen the gluteal pain felt by patients postoperatively after SSL colpopexy.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

The Cleveland Clinic

Treatments:

Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age ≥ 18, who are to undergo sacrospinous ligament colpopexy for vaginal apex prolapse
after hysterectomy

- Other concomitant prolapse and anti-incontinence procedures (e.g., anterior
colporrhaphy, paravaginal defect repair, posterior colporrhaphy, or mid-urethral sling
procedures) will be performed at the primary surgeon's discretion

Exclusion Criteria:

- Inability to comprehend written and/or spoken English

- Inability to provide informed consent

- Need for concomitant surgeries not related to pelvic organ prolapse or incontinence

- Chronic pain conditions (e.g., fibromyalgia, myositis, myofascial pain syndrome)