Reducing Post-Op Pain After Sacrospinous Ligament Colpopexy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to determine if intraoperative local analgesia administered at the level of the sacrospinous ligament can lessen the gluteal pain felt by patients postoperatively after SSL colpopexy.

Hypothesis: Local analgesia administered at the level of the sacrospinous ligament can lessen the gluteal pain felt by patients postoperatively after SSL colpopexy.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18, who are to undergo sacrospinous ligament colpopexy for vaginal apex prolapse after hysterectomy

• Other concomitant prolapse and anti-incontinence procedures (e.g., anterior colporrhaphy, paravaginal defect repair, posterior colporrhaphy, or mid-urethral sling procedures) will be performed at the primary surgeon's discretion

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to comprehend written and/or spoken English

• Inability to provide informed consent

• Need for concomitant surgeries not related to pelvic organ prolapse or incontinence

• Chronic pain conditions (e.g., fibromyalgia, myositis, myofascial pain syndrome)