Fentanyl With or Without Bupivacaine in Reducing Pain in Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Chest Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Patient-controlled analgesia using fentanyl and bupivacaine may lessen pain caused
by video-assisted chest surgery. Giving bupivacaine in different ways may give better pain
relief.
PURPOSE: Thisrandomized clinical trial is comparing three different ways to give bupivacaine
together with fentanyl to see how well they work in reducing pain after video-assisted chest
surgery.