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Postoperative Pain After Pediatric Umbilical Hernia Repair

NCT01015053 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2017-09-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the use of ultrasound-guided bilateral rectus sheath blocks to local infiltration of anesthetic agent in the surgical wound in a pediatric population of patients undergoing umbilical hernia repair.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Postoperative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

bilateral ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block

Ultrasound is used to guide the deposition of Ropivacaine 0.2% 1cc/kg in the posterior sheath of the rectus muscle containing the peripheral nerves that innervate the abdomen.

PROCEDURE

Wound infiltration

Ropivacaine 0.2% 1cc/kg is injected subcutaneously at the site of incision by the surgeon.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Catherine Chen, MD, MPH · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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