Comparison of post-operative mobility recovery in participants undergoing keyhole colorectal surgery treated with intraperitoneal ropivacaine/placebo for post-op pain management.
- Conditions
- post-operative painSurgery - Other surgeryAnaesthesiology - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616000359437
- Lead Sponsor
- Hunter New England Local Health District
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
All patients undergoing elective or semi-urgent booked laparoscopic colorectal resection
Patients from the above group will be excluded if they:
-are under 18 years of age, or
-Refuse or are unable to give written informed consent to participate in the study, or
-have severe renal impairment or
-receive an epidural, spinal or other neuroaxial anaesthetic, or
-receive an operation that involved extra incisions outside the abdominal wall (such as abdomino-perineal resections) or
-have a known allergy or adverse drug reaction to local anaesthetic agents or morphine or fentanyl, or
-have a history of arrhythmia or long QT syndrome associated with the drugs used in this trial, or
-remain intubated post procedure
-Pregnant or lactating females
-Are taking regular opiate narcotics pre-operatively
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in pre-operative De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) score and post-operative score.[Day 7 and 30 post-operatively]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method