The Comparison Between Epidural and Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia for Laparoscopic Gastrectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of epidural patient-controlled analgesia compared to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic gastrectomy. The investigators hypothesized that epidural PCA would be more effective in pain control than IV PCA even for laparoscopic gastrectomy.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
• Treatments: Fentanyl; Nefopam; Ramosetron; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma in stomach

• Males or Females, aged≥19 years and ≤80 years

• Scheduled as laparoscopic gastrectomy

• Patient has given their written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of hypersensitivity for analgesics

• Recent history of narcotic analgesics

• Disability of central nerve system

• Uncontrolled co-morbidity