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Epidural vs. Wound Catheter Following Liver Resection

NCT03638401 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2018-08-20

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Summary

Good postoperative pain control after any major surgery allows early mobilization, minimises postoperative complications and reduces patient distress. Multiple different methods of delivering analgesia have been described.

This study aims to compare postoperative pain control between patients with epidural analgesia versus the combination of continuous infiltration of local anaesthetic with wound catheters, TAP block and IV PCA with opiate analgesia following open liver resection. The investigators expect that pain control will be similar between the two groups but that the utilization of wound catheters will confer benefit due to the lack of systemic side effects associated with epidural analgesia

Conditions

  • Transplant Surgery

Interventions

PROCEDURE

This arm will received perioperative transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block followed by continuous infusion of local anaestheic by wound catheters and an IV morphine PCA.

This arm will received perioperative transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block followed by continuous infusion of local anaestheic by wound catheters and an IV morphine PCA.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-03
Primary Completion
2015-10-05
Completion
2015-10-05

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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