Health Condition 1: K318- Other specified diseases of stomach and duodenum
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients aged between 18-85 years, planned for midline laparotomy for gastric carcinoma or benign gastric outlet obstruction.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with peritonitis, chronic use of analgesics, history of drugs or alcohol abuse, neuropsychiatric disorders, ASA grade 4, known allergy to study drug, diabetics, cardiorespiratory compromise, on thrombolytic therapy, patients requiring post operative mechanical ventilation or sedation, contraindication to epidural anaesthesia and failed to understand or sign the informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of ropivacaine and rescue analgesic consumption up to twenty four hour following surgery Timepoint: Amount of ropivacaine and rescue analgesic consumption up to twenty four hour following surgery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in analgesia as measured by visual analogue score, local wound side effects within 7 days after surgery as classified by Clavien Dindo score, passage of first flatus, day of out of bed mobilization, patient satisfaction as measured by a four-point rating scale of 1: poor, 2: fair, 3: good, and 4: excellent.Timepoint: 7 days | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
AIIMS,Bhubaneswar