Epidural Analgesia or Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Gynecologic Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Giving pain medication into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the
covering of the spinal cord or giving it into a vein may help lessen pain caused by cancer
surgery. It is not yet known whether epidural analgesia is more effective than
patient-controlled analgesia in controlling pain in patients who have undergone surgery for
gynecologic cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying epidural analgesia to see how well it
works compared to patient-controlled analgesia in treating patients who have undergone
surgery for gynecologic cancer.