Validation of Subjective Rating Scales Used to Assess Surgical Conditions in Abdominal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Use of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) may improve the surgical work space in patients scheduled for laparoscopic surgical cases (e.g. hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy, myomectomy). Clinical studies investigating this question often use a numerical or verbal rating scale for subjective evaluation of the surgical workspace. However, no good subjective rating scale have been developed or validated. Neither have possible inter-individual differences in use of such subjective scales been described.

Purpose:

The aim of this study is to validate different subjective rating scales to determine which scale is most useful among surgeons.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Herlev Hospital
• Treatments: Rocuronium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients > 18 years old

• elective gynecologic laparoscopic operation

• can read and understand Danish

• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• BMI > 30 kg/cm2

• known allergy to medications that are included in the project

• severe renal disease, defined by S-creatinine> 0,200 mmol/L, GFR < 30ml/min or hemodialysis)

• neuromuscular disease that may interfere with neuromuscular data

• lactating or pregnant

• impaired liver function

• converting to laparotomy

• perioperative use of neuromuscular blocking agents before randomization

• pneumoperitoneum set to >12 mmHg on the insufflator