Spinal Versus Epidural Analgesia in Laparotomic Liver Surgery
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Unknown status
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
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Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of spinal analgesia for minor
laparotomic hepatectomy compared with epidural analgesia, monitoring visual analog scale
(VAS). The investigators expect at least the same post-operative pain control in the two
groups (non inferiority of pain control with spinal analgesia compared to epidural
analgesia). Second endpoint is to verify whether after spinal analgesia there is a decrease
in patient's length of hospitalization according to enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
principles.