The Addition of Clonidine to 0.2% Ropivacaine for Wound Instillation After Minor Lower Abdominal Surgery in Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The current study will compare the effects on postoperative pain relief of "freezing" (ropivacaine 0.2 %) alone and in combination with clonidine for a nerve block in children undergoing hernia repair. The researchers anticipate that the addition of clonidine to "freezing" will result in prolongation of postoperative pain relief in children undergoing hernia repair compared to "freezing" used alone.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Clonidine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Unilateral inguinal hernia or hydrocele

• 1 to 12 years old

• American Society of Anesthesiology classification I-II

• Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion to nerve block

• Clotting disorder

• Infection

• Known allergy to clonidine or ropivacaine

• History of chronic, therapeutic administration of analgesics

• Receiving medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

• Patients taking oral clonidine

• Undergoing bilateral hernia repair

• Morbid obesity