A study comparing two different methods of pain relief following cholecystectomy
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Post cholecystectomy pain relief
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2016/011
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
All patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who undergo emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy
2. Conversion from laparoscopy to open cholecystectomy
3. Patients with blood coagulation pathologies
4. Known allergy to local anesthetic drugs
5. Duration of surgery more than two hours
6. Patients with intra operative or perioperative complications
7. Pregnant women
8. Body weight less than 30kg
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eed for post-operative rescue analgesia with sub cutaneous morphine [At 36 hours post operatively]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post operative pain (assessed by visual analog score) <br> [At 6,12,18,24 & 36 hours after the surgery. <br>]<br>Duration of immobilization [Time taken to walk to the washroom after the surgery.]<br>Occurrence of post operative vomiting [6 hourly up to 36 hours after the surgery]<br>Duration of hospital stay [At time of discharge<br>]<br>