Pudendal Enhancement of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for Reconstructive Surgery (PEERS)
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Patients will undergo their vaginal reconstructive surgery in the usual manner, but will also
be randomly assigned on the day of surgery to either receive the extra injection of numbing
medication at the onset of surgery or not. The chances they will be assigned to the
additional injection is 50%. Their care in the hospital and after surgery will be the same.
They will participate in the study for a total of 6 weeks during which time they will be
asked to complete two phone surveys, during which a provider will check in on pain level and
pain medication use, and one office visit at 6 weeks. The office visit is part of their
routine care and would be a scheduled visit regardless if they participated in the study or
not. If they are unable to return to the office for a postoperative visit at 6 weeks, they
will be contact by phone instead to obtain information on satisfaction with postoperative
care, any complications after surgery, and overall how they are doing after surgery.