A Phase 4 interventional study of Bupivacaine Hydrochloride in Pain, Postoperative and Length of Stay, sponsored by Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery. Status unknown at 5 sites in United States. Open to female participants aged 20 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-12-09.
Sponsored by Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention
The authors will conduct this study to analyze the effectiveness of peri-operative intercostal nerve blocks (ICNBs) in reducing acute postoperative pain after reconstructive breast surgery and mammoplasty and how it affects the length of hospital stay.
5,093 studies on the registry are indexed under Pain, Postoperative; 1,140 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 75 across 4,344 interventional studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.
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Exclusion Criteria:
These cases will be recruited prospectively, and receive the intercostal nerve block(s) on operated site(s). Peri-operative injections of 30 ml of 0.25% Bupivacaine each, injected over the 4th, 5th, and 6th ribs on the operated site(s).
Drug: Bupivacaine Hydrochloride
Controls will be gathered retrospectively from chart reviews where patient did not receive a intercostal nerve blocker bilaterally.
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Also known as: Marcaine
Post-operative pain
Visual Analog Score (VAS) for pain compared between cases and controls, pain score on scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Time frame: Immediately post-operation
Post-operative pain
Visual Analog Score (VAS) for pain compared between cases and controls, pain score on scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Time frame: 30 minutes post-operation
Post-operative pain
Visual Analog Score (VAS) for pain compared between cases and controls, pain score on scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Time frame: 60 minutes post-operation
Post-operative pain
Visual Analog Score (VAS) for pain compared between cases and controls, pain score on scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Time frame: 120 minutes post-operation
Length of Hospital Stay
time of discharge compared with time of surgery completion; Measured in number of days spent in hospital, i.e., 1 day
Time frame: Through study completion, average of 1 day
Plan to share: No — Only those researchers involved with the trial will have access to the individual participant data
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