Infusion of drugs in the wound for pain relief.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K318- Other specified diseases of stomach and duodenum
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/07/026282
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS Bhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
All patients aged between 18-85 years, planned for midline laparotomy for gastric carcinoma or benign gastric outlet obstruction.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with peritonitis, chronic use of analgesics, history of drugs or alcohol abuse, neuropsychiatric disorders, ASA grade 4, known allergy to study drug, diabetics, cardiorespiratory compromise, on thrombolytic therapy, patients requiring post operative mechanical ventilation or sedation, contraindication to epidural anaesthesia and failed to understand or sign the informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amount of ropivacaine and rescue analgesic consumption up to twenty four hour following surgery <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Amount of ropivacaine and rescue analgesic consumption up to twenty four hour following surgery <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences in analgesia as measured by visual analogue score, <br/ ><br>local wound side effects within 7 days after surgery as classified by Clavien Dindo score, <br/ ><br>passage of first flatus, <br/ ><br>day of out of bed mobilization, <br/ ><br>patient satisfaction as measured by a four-point rating scale of 1: poor, 2: fair, 3: good, and 4: excellent.Timepoint: 7 days