Postoperative Pain Control Following Vitreoretinal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate if patients receiving a steroid (triamcinolone acetonide) combined with local anesthesia and antibiotic following retina surgery have better postoperative pain control those receiving local anesthesia and antibiotic alone.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Emory University
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Bupivacaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing vitreoretinal surgery at the Emory Eye Center Ambulatory Surgery Center and Emory University Hospital by retina attending faculty surgeons

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to verbalize level of pain control

• Pediatric patients (<18 years old)

• Glaucoma, ocular hypertension, or glaucoma suspects

• Allergy to local anesthetic

• Pre-existing chronic pain requiring narcotic pain medication

• Drug addiction

• Impaired periorbital sensation (history of herpes simplex, zoster, corneal graft)