Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the addition of epinephrine to bilateral real time ultrasound guided pterygopalatine ganglion blocks on intra-operative bleeding and blood loss during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida
• Treatments: BB 1101; Bupivacaine; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate; Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Racepinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient presenting for FESS

• Patient consents to participate

• No underlying chronic pain condition

• No underlying bleeding diathesis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refuses to consent

• Patient requires revision surgery

• Patient requires surgery in addition to FESS

• Any underlying chronic pain condition

• History of bleeding diathesis

• Presence of any other factor which, at the discretion of any member of the study team, makes the patient a poor candidate for block placement.

• Presence of any other factor which, at the discretion of any member of the study team, makes the patient a poor candidate for research participation.

• Vulnerable patient population