NCT02376205

Anesthetic to Reduce Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery

The Effectiveness of Postoperative Local Retropharyngeal Space Anesthetic to Reduce Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Justin Parker Neurological Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effects of local anesthetic application into the retropharyngeal space and its ability to reduce dysphagia symptoms and/or occurrence rates in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Detailed description

The patients will be randomly assigned into one of the two groups to receive either bupivacaine hydrochloride 0.5% solution if they are randomized to the treatment group or 0.9% NaCl solution if they are randomized to the control group. These solutions will be poured into the retropharyngeal space intraoperatively before wound closure.

Conditions

• Dysphagia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	bupivacaine hydrochloride 0.5% solution	10mL will be poured into the retropharyngeal space intraoperatively during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure
DRUG	0.9% NaCl solution	10mL will be poured into the retropharyngeal space intraoperatively during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-11
• Completion: 2019-03-11
• First posted: 2015-03-03
• Last updated: 2020-02-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States