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Effect of Superficial Cervical Plexus Block on the Postoperative Quality of Recovery

NCT01662219 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2018-02-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pain and discomfort after anterior cervical spine surgery is difficult to quantify and quoted as moderate in severity, often needing oral opioid analgesics. In addition, these patients are more prone for postoperative respiratory complication due to airway edema secondary to surgical retraction or wound hematoma. Opioid analgesics provide good pain control but postoperative nausea and vomiting and respiratory depression are undesirable in these patients who are at risk for postoperative wound hematoma and airway edema The use of multimodal analgesia is rapidly becoming the 'standard of care' for preventing pain after ambulatory procedures at most surgery centers throughout the world . The purpose of this study is to determine whether superficial cervical plexus block will improve the postoperative quality of recovery as measured by Quality of Recovery 40 questionnaire (QoR-40) in patients undergoing elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Conditions

  • Cervical Disc Prolapse

Interventions

OTHER

Superficial cervical plexus block for experimental group

15 ml of 0.25% Bupivacaine will be given for superficial cervical plexus block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • lashmikumar venkatraghavan, MD · TWH,UHN,Toronto Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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