The Effects of Preoperative Scopolamine Patch Application on the Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in MVD Surgery

Summary

A Single-center, randomized, prospective, experimental, double-blind comparison study for effects of preoperative scopolamine patch application on the postoperative nausea and vomiting in microvascular decompression surgery

Timeline

Start

2016-11

Primary completion

2017-10

Completion

2017-10

Publications

• Background Sato K, Sai S, Adachi T. Is microvascular decompression surgery a high risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing craniotomy? J Anesth. 2013 Oct;27(5):725-30. doi: 10.1007/s00540-013-1621-9. Epub 2013 May 7.
• Background Pergolizzi JV Jr, Philip BK, Leslie JB, Taylor R Jr, Raffa RB. Perspectives on transdermal scopolamine for the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting. J Clin Anesth. 2012 Jun;24(4):334-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.07.019.
• Background Einarsson JI, Audbergsson BO, Thorsteinsson A. Scopolamine for prevention of postoperative nausea in gynecologic laparoscopy, a randomized trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.08.616.
• Background Apfel CC, Zhang K, George E, Shi S, Jalota L, Hornuss C, Fero KE, Heidrich F, Pergolizzi JV, Cakmakkaya OS, Kranke P. Transdermal scopolamine for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Ther. 2010 Nov;32(12):1987-2002. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2010.11.014.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.