Comparison of the effect on post-operative pain, patient satisfaction and the incidence of chronic pain by the use of either a transversus abdominis plane nerve block or a standard regime with morphine in patients undergoing surgery for total abdominal hysterectomy
Completed
- Conditions
- Total abdominal hysterectomySurgeryHysterectomy
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN69387981
- Lead Sponsor
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) class I - III
2. Patients able to give written informed consent
3. Patients requiring total abdominal hysterectomy
4. Female patients aged 18 years and over
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients requiring total abdominal hysterectomy secondary to neoplasia
2. History of allergy to any of the medications used in the study
3. Pre-operative use of opiates
4. Patients unable to use patient controlled analgesia system
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The reduction in visual analogue scores (VAS) in the post-operative period for patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Usage of morphine sulphate in the post-operative period<br>2. Incidence of nausea and/or vomiting within the first 48 hours after surgery<br>3. Measurement of oxygen saturations without supplemental oxygen in both groups in the post-operative period<br>4. Incidence of complications associated with the analgesia techniques in both groups<br>5. Patient satisfaction with analgesia technique<br>6. Incidence of chronic pelvic pain at 3 months