TAP Catheters Versus Intrathecal Morphine for Cesarean Section

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Morphine, when given as part of spinal anesthesia, is associated high incidence of nausea and pruritus, which may affect quality of recovery. The investigators hypothesize that long-acting local anesthetic infusions via TAP catheter can provide better quality of recovery after cesarean section than spinal morphine.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Stamford Anesthesiology Services, PC
• Collaborator: I-Flow
• Treatments: Morphine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients age 18 - 45 years of age undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.

• Ability to read and write English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing other concomitant procedure

• Patients with history of diabetes or chronic steroid use

• Patients with chronic or recent (within 1 week prior to procedure) opioid use.

• Patients without the mental capacity to consent for the procedure/study.

• Patients requiring a translator in order to sign the consent for the procedure/study.

• Patients with a history of allergic reactions to local anesthetics