Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Use of Infiltration With Levobupivacaine and Postoperative Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Preincisional infiltration with levobupivacaine
- Conditions
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario de Móstoles
- Enrollment
- 233
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Postoperative pain assessed by visual numeric scale.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Randomized controlled trial on laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Interventional group: preincisional infiltration with levobupivacaine. Control group: no local infiltration.
Postoperative pain with numeric rating scale is registered, besides other parameters like heart rate, blood pressure, rescue analgesia requirements, nausea and vomiting, etc.
Investigators
JORGE HERRADOR BENITO
Principal Investigator. Surgeon.
Hospital Universitario de Móstoles
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient refusal
- •Open surgery
- •Reintervention surgery
- •Drain tube placement
- •Cognitive impairment
- •Allergic reactions to local anesthetics
Arms & Interventions
Local infiltration
Intervention: Preincisional infiltration with levobupivacaine
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Postoperative pain assessed by visual numeric scale.
Time Frame: 24 hours
Values come from 0 to 10, where 0 means no pain and 10 means the worst imaginable pain. Best outcome would be 0 or close to 0
Secondary Outcomes
- Postoperative administration of analgesics(24 hours)
- Postoperative nausea and vomiting episodes(24 hours)