Wound Infiltration With Sodium Diclofenac vs Bupivacaine for Postoperative Pain Following Appendectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The infiltration of the surgical wound is an effective strategy for postoperative analgesia. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatories are useful in this way.

Objective: To compare the analgesic effectiveness of diclofenac sodium, bupivacaine or bupivacaine plus diclofenac sodium infiltrating wound appendectomies.

Method: Comparative, double blind, American Society Anesthesiologist classification I-II,18-65años. Group 1 (Bupivacaine n = 14), Group 2 (Diclofenac Sodium n = 14), Group 3 (Bupivacaine + Diclofenac Sodium n = 15). Pain at rest and dynamic, rescue analgesic consumption in Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and 24 hours after surgery were evaluated.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Central Dr. Luis Ortega
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Diclofenac

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society Anesthesiologist I- II

• aged 18 and 65

• both sexes

• patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis operated under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients known to any allergy of the drugs used in the study

• Different incision approach Mc Burney

• Some intraoperative surgical complications

• Pregnant patients