Impact of Local Anesthetic Wound Infiltration on Postoperative Pain Following Cesarean Delivery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the infusion of the local anesthetic ropivacaine
(a numbing medicine) and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ketorolac (a pain killer
similar to ibuprofen) through a catheter placed along the cesarean delivery incision, will
reduce the pain experienced after cesarean section and need for narcotic pain medicine.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Duke University
Treatments:
Anesthetics Anesthetics, Local Ketorolac Ketorolac Tromethamine Ropivacaine