Wound Infusion vs Spinal Morphine for Post-caesarean Analgesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare effective analgesia with continuous wound infiltration of ropivacaine through multi-holed catheter or with morphine 100 mcg added intrathecally to spinal anesthesia, after elective Caesarean delivery.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Dr Madeleine Wilwerth
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Morphine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 18 years and more, ASA 1 or ASA 2, pregnant with at least 34 weeks of gestational age, admitted for a planned caesarian with a Pfannenstiel incision and having signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of the patient or contra-indication to locoregional anesthesia

• Allergy to the products used

• ASA 3

• ASA 4

• Sleep apnea syndrome and/or obesity (BMI > 35)

• Size inferior to 155cm

• existence of a language barrier