Protective Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Relief Following Day Case Oral Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether robust analgesic regime (protective analgesia) can improve postoperative pain experience for patients undergoing lower wisdom teeth extraction under day case general anaesthetic.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Manchester
• Collaborators: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Epinephrine; Ibuprofen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy male and female patients aged 18 years and over

• patients requiring removal of one or more third molars, with at lease one completely or partially impacted in the mandible needing bone removal

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of allergy to NSAIDs

• pregnant

• history of GI disease

• history of bleeding disorders

• alcohol dependancy

• drug abuse