NCT01458431

Levobupivacaine to the Surgical Wound Following Cesarean

Efficacy of Continuous Infusion of Levobupivacaine to the Surgical Wound Following Cesarean

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Manuel Ángel Gómez-Ríos · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The postoperative period following cesarean is associated with moderate to severe pain that requires a considerable amount of analgesics that carry with them side-effects such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue and immobilization. Several studies have tried, with variable results, to find a more effective analgesia alternative such as infusion of local anesthetics through a catheter in the surgical wound sinus, a practice that has currently been widely used in clinical practice. Despite existing references on its use in the postoperative period following cesareans there continues to be a lack of information on other aspects. The investigators study hypothesis is that the use of levobupivacaine in the surgical wound will reduce the surface of hyperalgesia compared to the control group.

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Levobupivacaine	continuous levobupivacaine subfascial infusion
DRUG	NaCl	continuous NaCl subfascial infusion

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2011-10-24
• Last updated: 2014-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain