Voiding Function After Mid-Urethral Slings With and Without Local Anesthetic: Randomized Controlled Trial



Status:Completed
Conditions:Urology
Therapuetic Areas:Nephrology / Urology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:11/30/2018
Start Date:March 2012
End Date:May 2016

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in post-operative voiding
function between subjects receiving local anesthetic and those receiving placebo at the time
of mid-urethral sling placement. The secondary objective is to evaluate pain after the
procedure in the two groups.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Scheduled to undergo mid-urethral sling for incontinence without concomitant
procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

- Undergoing procedure in addition to the sling

- Not competent to give consent

- Using intermittent self catheterization pre-operatively

- Known allergy to local anesthetic

- Undergoing spinal anesthesia for the procedure

- Prisoners

- Non-English speaker

- Under 18 years of age

- Has a condition that would contra-indicate the use of local anesthetic or epinephrine
We found this trial at
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University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
Principal Investigator: Danielle Patterson, MD MSc
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