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Peri-Operative Management of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

NCT00747292 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2008-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim is to ascertain which method out of epidural, spinal or patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is the most appropriate in fluid optimised patients after laparoscopic colorectal surgery in terms of pain control, length of hospital stay and time for gut recovery. The second aim is to assess the physiological changes that occur when the patient is placed in steep trendelenberg position together with the creation of the pneumoperitoneum.

Conditions

  • Neoplasm
  • Diverticular Disease
  • Analgesia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

epidural

Patients in this limb receive epidural analgesia

PROCEDURE

PCA

Patients in this limb receive a PCA for their pain control

PROCEDURE

Spinal

Patients in limb will receive spinal analgesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tim Rockall, FRCS · Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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