Percutaneous Ketamine Versus Lidocaine for Mid-Sternotomy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2009-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Since midsternotomy is painful postoepratively, and since ketamine has been shown to be optimal postoeprative analgessic adjuvant, the investigators wish to assess its percutaneous preemptive effect, comparing it to lidocaine effect.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
• Treatments: Ketamine; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients undergoing sternoromy for cardiac or chest sturgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• emergency surgery