A Trial of Levator Muscle Blocks Following Posterior Colporrhaphy Surgery to Reduce Post-operative Pain.
Status: | Active, not recruiting |
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Conditions: | Post-Surgical Pain |
Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 1/9/2019 |
Start Date: | May 15, 2017 |
End Date: | August 1, 2019 |
A Multicenter, Double Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial of Levator Muscle Blocks Following Posterior Colporrhaphy Surgery to Reduce Post-operative Pain.
To determine if levator muscle block with bupivacaine improves postoperative pain control
relative to placebo controls among women undergoing prolapse surgery involving a posterior
colporrhaphy. Improvement is defined as no less than a 25% lower total pain score on a ten
point numerical pain scale.
relative to placebo controls among women undergoing prolapse surgery involving a posterior
colporrhaphy. Improvement is defined as no less than a 25% lower total pain score on a ten
point numerical pain scale.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any woman over the age of 18 years with a capacity to give informed consent who are
undergoing vaginal prolapse surgery including a posterior colporrhaphy may be included
in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any woman who is a non-English speaker, does not have ability to provide consent, has
a cardiac arrhythmia, liver disease, myasthenia gravis, bleeding diathesis or adverse
reaction / allergy to anesthetic will be excluded. Women that are also having vaginal
mesh excisions at the time of prolapse repair or those that will undergo subsequent
surgery in the follow up period will be excluded.
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