0.15 mg Spinal Morphine vs. no Treatment for Morphine Requirement After VATs.

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Postoperative pain after Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VAT) is still debating. Therefore the investigators conduct a study comparing 0.15 mg spinal morphine and control group in term of analgesia.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mahidol University
• Treatments: Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 year or over

• Patient ASA physical status I-III.

• Scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy or blebectomy with pleurectomy or pleural abrasion

• Can operate a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known hypersensitivity to morphine

• History of bleeding tendency.

• Known case of infection at the back

• Patient refuse for spinal anesthesia

• History of cerebrovascular disease.

• Need mechanical ventilatory support during postoperative period