Effects of Intravenous Local Anesthetic on Bowel Function After Colectomy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Epidural local anesthetics are the gold standard for shortening duration of bowel dysfunction
after bowel surgery. Previous studies suggest that their effect may be in part a result of
actions of the local anesthetic outside the epidural space. If local anesthetics could be
administered intravenously instead, this might be a safer, easier and less expensive
approach. Therefore, this trial will compare the effect on bowel function recovery of
intravenous local anesthetics with those administered epidurally.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Virginia
Treatments:
Anesthetics Anesthetics, Local Bupivacaine Hydromorphone Lidocaine