Effects of combined lower thoracic epidural/general anesthesia on length of stay in patients undergoing elective lumbar spine surgery

Phase 4

Recruiting

• Conditions: Spinal stenosis or Lumbar herniated disc who was schedule for decompression laminectomy with screws.; Pain; ERAS; Spine surgery; Epidural block

• Registration Number: TCTR20210215006
• Lead Sponsor: Pain management research unit, faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn university

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-15
• Study Completion: 2021-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

Patient age 18-80 years old with ASA physical status I-III
Patients who was schedule for and elective laminectomy with or with out fusion between 1-3 levels at lumbar spine.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient who had contraindication to epidural analgesia
2. Patient who refuse or not cooperate while performing epidural analgesia
3. patient who are not capable of using patient controlled analgesia machine.
4. Patient who refuse to be in the study.
5. Patient who is allergic to any medication used in the study protocol.
6. Patient with renal impairment with GFR < 30 ml/min 1.73m2

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ength of hospital stay from day of surgery to discharged days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogue pain score 24 hours after surgery VAS score