Surgical Pain Control With Ropivacaine by Atomized Delivery

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine the effect of spraying a local anesthetic called Ropivacaine (numbing medicine) into the abdominal cavity prior to surgery. Ropivacaine is a local anesthetic used to block pain in the body. There are studies showing that Ropivacaine decreases the pain of surgery with minimally invasive (laparoscopic) appendix and gallbladder removal but has not been tried in robotic pelvic surgery.

Timeline

Start

2011-11

Primary completion

2013-02

Completion

2013-02

Publications

• Background Apfelbaum JL, Chen C, Mehta SS, Gan TJ. Postoperative pain experience: results from a national survey suggest postoperative pain continues to be undermanaged. Anesth Analg. 2003 Aug;97(2):534-540. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000068822.10113.9E.
• Background Hartog CS, Rothaug J, Goettermann A, Zimmer A, Meissner W. Room for improvement: nurses' and physicians' views of a post-operative pain management program. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2010 Mar;54(3):277-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02161.x. Epub 2009 Nov 12.
• Background American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Acute Pain Management. Practice guidelines for acute pain management in the perioperative setting: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Acute Pain Management. Anesthesiology. 2012 Feb;116(2):248-73. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823c1030. No abstract available.
• Background Boddy AP, Mehta S, Rhodes M. The effect of intraperitoneal local anesthesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesth Analg. 2006 Sep;103(3):682-8. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000226268.06279.5a.
• Background Kang H, Kim BG. Intraperitoneal ropivacaine for effective pain relief after laparoscopic appendectomy: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Int Med Res. 2010 May-Jun;38(3):821-32. doi: 10.1177/147323001003800309.
• Background McClure JH. Ropivacaine. Br J Anaesth. 1996 Feb;76(2):300-7. doi: 10.1093/bja/76.2.300. No abstract available.
• Background Bleckner LL, Bina S, Kwon KH, McKnight G, Dragovich A, Buckenmaier CC 3rd. Serum ropivacaine concentrations and systemic local anesthetic toxicity in trauma patients receiving long-term continuous peripheral nerve block catheters. Anesth Analg. 2010 Feb 1;110(2):630-4. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c76a33. Epub 2009 Dec 2.
• Background Labaille T, Mazoit JX, Paqueron X, Franco D, Benhamou D. The clinical efficacy and pharmacokinetics of intraperitoneal ropivacaine for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Anesth Analg. 2002 Jan;94(1):100-5, table of contents. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200201000-00019.
• Background Mueller ER, Kenton K, Anger JT, Bresee C, Tarnay C. Cosmetic Appearance of Port-site Scars 1 Year After Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: A Supplementary Study of the ACCESS Clinical Trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2016 Sep-Oct;23(6):917-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.05.001. Epub 2016 May 12.
• Collins GG, Gadzinski JA, Fitzgerald GD, Sheran J, Wagner S, Edelstein S, Mueller ER. Surgical Pain Control With Ropivacaine by Atomized Delivery (Spray): A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2016 Jan;23(1):40-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2015.07.018. Epub 2015 Aug 1.

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