The Effect of Lidocaine Patch for Postoperative Pain

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The lidocaine patch is currently only permitted for postherpetic neuralgia but we want to investigate its effectiveness in post operative pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: BON WOOK KOO
• Collaborator: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I - II

• Scheduled open unilateral herniorrhaphy

Exclusion Criteria:

• body mass index (BMI) < 18.5 or ≥ 35 kg/m2

• severe renal or hepatic dysfunction

• allergy to amide-based local anesthetic agents

• taking class 1 antiarrhythmic drugs (tocainide and mexiletine, etc.)