Pain Management for Pectus Excavatum Repair

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study is to scientifically evaluate two different management strategies for post-operative pain after pectus excavatum repair.

The hypothesis is that pain management without an epidural decreases hospital stay without compromising comfort.

The primary outcome variable is length of hospitalization after the intervention.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing a pectus excavatum repair with bar placement.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Open repair

• Re-Do operation

• Known allergy to a pain medication in the protocol

• Existing contraindications to epidural catheter placement

• Requirement for 2 bars to be placed (rare)

• Inadequate baseline cognitive function to understand/respond to VAS questionnaire