RCT - Epidural Anesthetic Cocktail Following Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-04-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study aims to study the effect of intraoperative epidural application of anesthetic cocktail following endoscopic lumbar discectomy in improving postoperative pain, length of hospital stay, time at first dose analgesia, post-operative opioid consumption, functional outcomes, time return to work, and postoperative complications

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Thailand
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-60

• Lumbar radiculopathy

• No prior spinal surgery or recurrent lumbar disc herniation

• Plan for endoscopic discectomy after failed conservative for at least 6 weeks

• Single-level herniation confirmed by MRI which correlated with symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergic or contraindicated to amide-type anesthesia, opioid, NSAIDs, or steroids

• Cauda equina syndrome

• Concomitant with other abnormalities

• Unable to answer questionnaires

• Cannot tolerate surgery due to medical comorbidities