Bupivicaine to Reduce Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair

Summary

The investigators are testing to see if infusion of bupivicaine between the mesh and abdominal wall can reduce postoperative pain and decrease use of narcotics in the postoperative setting.

Timeline

Start

2011-08

Primary completion

2013-01

Completion

2013-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper After surgery, pain scores in the recovery room (3.2 vs 4.7, P = .003) PMID 26154700 ↗

paper total intravenous narcotic use (9.2 vs 17.2 mg of morphine sulfate equivalents, P = .03) were significantly less in the treatment group. PMID 26154700 ↗

Publications

• Gough AE, Chang S, Reddy S, Ferrigno L, Zerey M, Grotts J, Yim S, Thoman DS. Periprosthetic Anesthetic for Postoperative Pain After Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2015 Sep;150(9):835-40. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1530.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	0.5 %	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.