Local Anesthetic Nebulization for Pain Control After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Intraperitoneal nebulization of local anesthetic is a novel approach to pain management after laparoscopy. Preoperative compared with postoperative administration of analgesia remains controversial. This randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial compared the analgesic efficacy of preoperative with postoperative peritoneal ropivacaine nebulization in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: San Gerardo Hospital
• Collaborator: Hôpital de Hautepierre
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA Score I-III

• Scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

• Free from pain in preoperative period

• Not using analgesic drugs before surgery

• Without cognitive impairment or mental retardation

• Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency/urgency surgery

• Postoperative admission in an intensive care unit

• Cognitive impairment or mental retardation

• Progressive degenerative diseases of the CNS

• Seizures or chronic therapy with antiepileptic drugs

• Severe hepatic or renal impairment

• Pregnancy or lactation

• Allergy to one of the specific drugs under study

• Acute infection or inflammatory chronic disease

• Alcohol or drug addiction