Surgical Pain Control With Ropivacaine by Atomized Delivery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this trial is to determine the effect of spraying a local anesthetic called
Ropivacaine (numbing medicine) into the abdominal cavity prior to surgery. Ropivacaine is a
local anesthetic used to block pain in the body. There are studies showing that Ropivacaine
decreases the pain of surgery with minimally invasive (laparoscopic) appendix and gallbladder
removal but has not been tried in robotic pelvic surgery.