An observational study in Anesthesia and Abdominoplasty, sponsored by Klinik Bogenhausen. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-21.
Sponsored by Klinik Bogenhausen · Observational
Effective postoperative pain management is essential for patient satisfaction and therefore intraoperative regional nerve blocks have become more and more popular in abdominoplasties. However, the key disadvantage of these blocks are their limited duration of action. This observational study evaluates the effects of a longer- lasting, individualized epidural analgesia using a pain pump to better classify the clinical value of this procedure.
This work reviews the digital medical charts of patients who underwent selective abdominoplasty without additive surgical procedures within a period of 4 years. Evaluated data comprise the postoperative analgesia regimen, including on-demand medication, mobilization time, inpatient length of stay, and clinical outcome. The patients were grouped by the presence of an epidural catheter.
Klinik Bogenhausen is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
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Patients who underwent abdominoplasty at the Department of Plastic Surgery, ISAR Klinikum, Munich, Germany, between September 2018 and August 2022
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients following Abdominoplasty with postoperative epidural anesthesia via pain catheter
Procedure: Epidural anesthesia
Patients following Abdominoplasty without postoperative epidural anesthesia
Postoperative pain management by epidural anesthesia via epidural catheter and pain pump
frequency of retrieval of the on-demand non-epidural opiate
frequency of retrieval of the on-demand non-epidural opiate as a measure of perceived pain discomfort
Time frame: from the day of inpatient admission to the day of discharge of every included patient. The event determined by reviewing digital medical charts, is therefore assessed for an estimated period of up to 7 days
postoperative mobilization ability
the time at which the patient was able to move at room level with the assistance of a nurse (assisted full mobilization), the time at which the patient was able to get out of bed independently and move without assistance (independent full mobilization)
Time frame: from the day of inpatient admission to the day of discharge of every included patient. The event determined by reviewing digital medical charts, is therefore assessed for an estimated period of up to 7 days
timing of urinary catheter removal
timing of urinary catheter removal after surgery
Time frame: from the day of inpatient admission to the day of discharge of every included patient. The event determined by reviewing digital medical charts, is therefore assessed for an estimated period of up to 7 days
length of hospital stay
number of days from the day of surgery until dischargement
Time frame: from the day of inpatient admission to the day of discharge of every included patient. The event determined by reviewing digital medical charts, is therefore assessed for an estimated period of up to 7 days
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