NCT03405922

Perianal Nerval Block in Proctological Interventions

Perianal Nerval Block in Proctological Interventions: a Prospective Randomized Double Blinded Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 166 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether a local perianal block performed during a proctological intervention can reduce the postoperative pain.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether a local perianal block performed during a proctological intervention can reduce the postoperative pain. All patients will undergo surgery under general or spinal anesthesia. At the end of the surgery, the surgeon will perform a perianal block using the local anesthetic or the placebo upon randomisation. The experimental group will receive a local anesthetics and the control group a normal saline injection. All injections will be perianal, peripheral to the external anal sphincter.

Conditions

• Perianal Fistula
• Fissure in Ano
• Hemorrhoids

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Placebo 40 mL Saline 0.9%	Injection of 40 mL 0.9% saline
DRUG	40 mL Ropivacain 0.5%	Ropivacaine Hcl 0.5% Injection 40 mL

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-05
• Completion: 2019-07-05
• First posted: 2018-01-23
• Last updated: 2019-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland