Overview
Thoracic Epidural for Postoperative Ileus
Status:
Completed
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-03-01
2015-03-01
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
The investigators try to find whether thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) shortens the first gas-out time compared to iv-PCA and promotes earlier discharge after major upper abdominal surgery.Phase:
N/AAccepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Samsung Medical Center
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA) physical statusⅠ-Ⅲ
Exclusion Criteria:
- ASA status of Ⅳ, or more
- Body mass index 30 kg.m2-1 or more
- Severe renal, hepatic, or neurologic diseases
- Opioid or systemic analgesic preoperatively