Spinal Analgesia for Colonic Resection Using an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This is a blinded randomized controlled trial in patients undergoing laparoscopic colon
surgery. The aim of this study is to assess whether spinal analgesia with a mixture of
bupivacaine and morphine provides better pain relief than systemic morphine in a group of
patients undergoing colonic resection and using the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
program.
Twenty patients will receive spinal analgesia and twenty patients will receive only Patient
Control Analgesia (PCA).
Phase:
Phase 1/Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
McGill University Health Center McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre