Overview
Clinical Proposal for the Comparison of Intraperitoneal Anesthetic to Injected Local Anesthetic
Status:
Completed
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-04-01
2008-04-01
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-incisional lidocaine injection, instilled liquid bupivacaine, intra-abdominal aerosolized bupivacaine, or post-operative bupivacaine injection is superior in post-operative pain control in laparoscopic bariatric surgical patients.Phase:
Phase 2Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy VolunteersDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Pinnacle Health SystemTreatments:
Bupivacaine
Lidocaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:1. Male and female patients between 18 and 65 years of age.
2. Patients undergoing elective bariatric surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients allergic to bupivacaine or any other local anesthetics (amides & esters).
2. Patients who have used opiates or opiods within 15 days prior to surgery.
3. Patients converted to open gastric bypass.