Status:

COMPLETED

Pain Reduction After Cholecystectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Meander Medical Center

Conditions:

Cholecystolithiasis

Postoperative Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

To determine the effect of combined intracutaneous infiltration and intraperitoneal instillation of 80 mL 0,125% levobupivacaine prior to the start of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on abdominal pain up...

Detailed Description

The primary endpoint of this study was postoperative abdominal pain as measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS), using a VAS lineal with a slide. The patient was asked to indicate a score from 0 to 1...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • between 18 and 80
  • ASA I or II
  • with symptomatic gallstone disease which requires elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Exclusion

  • acute cholecystitis, cholangitis, severe acute pancreatitis, advanced liver cirrhosis or suspected gallbladder cancer,
  • a medical history of epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmias or chronic pain of any kind, - allergy to amid type drugs
  • pregnancy
  • patients suffering from hypotension or hypovolemia
  • infectious liver disease
  • conditions obstructing adequate pain scoring
  • patients using drugs that deduce function of the CYP3A4 or CYP1A2 system
  • patients having an American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) classification of three or higher.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01199406

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

September 13 2010

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Meander MC

Amersfoort, Amersfoort, Netherlands, 3811ES