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A Simple Clinical Maneuver to Reduce Laparoscopy Induced Shoulder Pain

NCT00575237 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2007-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A pulmonary recruitment maneuver at the end of surgery reduced shoulder pain as well as nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic surgery.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Recruitment manouver

In the intervention group, CO2 was removed by means of Trendelenburg position (\> 30 degrees) with 5 manual pulmonary recruitment maneuvers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Phelps, MD · Department of Anesthesia, Southwest Healthcare System, Murrieta, California

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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