Postoperative Pain and Functional Patient Outcomes After Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Phase 4 Completed 56 enrolled Stanford University Hospira, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The aim of the study is to quantify postoperative pain after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) and investigate whether preemptive analgesia may positively impact intraoperative anesthetic management, decrease patient postoperative pain and discomfort, and improve patient functional outcomes.

Timeline

Start: 2007-08
Primary completion: 2010-03
Completion: 2010-08

Publications

Results Cho DY, Drover DR, Nekhendzy V, Butwick AJ, Collins J, Hwang PH. The effectiveness of preemptive sphenopalatine ganglion block on postoperative pain and functional outcomes after functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2011 May-Jun;1(3):212-8. doi: 10.1002/alr.20040. Epub 2011 Apr 13.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.25 %	Other
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	2 ml	Other

Postoperative Pain and Functional Patient Outcomes After Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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