Are There Differences in Postoperative Pain Between Bupivacaine and Lidocaine for Carpal Tunnel Release?

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the use of bupivacaine and lidocaine as local anesthetics in carpal tunnel release surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Are there any differences in pain after surgery?

• Are there any differences in postoperative analgesic consumption?

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome undergoing first-time surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

• End-stage kidney disease

• End-stage liver disease

• Allergy to bupivacaine, lidocaine or diclofenac

• Carpal tunnel revision surgery

• Associated surgery (e.g., trigger finger release)

• Unable to understand informed consent or indications

• Patients with anxiety related to surgery who explicitly prefer to be sedated or asleep during their surgery

• Preoperative American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) scale ≥3