pain relief after surgery for cancer of the leg
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- 1.Patients above 8 years of age2.Undergoing lower limb onco-surgery with lumbar epidural analgesia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/02/006663
- Lead Sponsor
- il
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients above 8 years of age
2.Undergoing lower limb onco-surgery with lumbar epidural analgesia
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain scores at rest and on movement on post-operative day 1 to 3 <br/ ><br>2.Incidence of neurological side-effects directly or possibly related to epidural: tingling, numbness, motor deficit <br/ ><br>3.Percentage of cases in which epidural analgesia with local anaesthetic had to be stopped and alternate analgesics startedTimepoint: post-operative day 1 to day 3
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of neurological side-effects directly or possibly related to epidural: tingling, numbness, motor deficitTimepoint: post-operative day 1 to day 3;Percentage of cases in which epidural analgesia with local anaesthetic had to be stopped and alternate analgesics startedTimepoint: post-operative day 1 to day 3