Ketamine for Post-operative Analgesia in Hemorrhoidectomy

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-07-28
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a prospective, randomized study of ketamine versus no ketamine in approximately 100 patients undergoing hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III or IV hemorrhoids. The participants will be blinded to which treatment arm they are assigned, because participants will be under anesthesia when the ketamine is administered. The investigators will know whether the participant receives ketamine or not.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Oklahoma
• Treatments: Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults aged 18-100

• Undergoing a hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III or IV hemorrhoids.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to undergo general anesthesia

• Contraindications to hemorrhoidectomy

• History of schizophrenia or other hallucinatory psychiatric illnesses

• History of psychosis

• Chronic narcotic usage defined as either having a pain contract with a pain management specialist and no narcotic usage for one month prior to hemorrhoidectomy.