Medical Review: Hand Surgery After Local Block Versus Non-block

Retrospective Chart-review Study Involving Outpatients Who Underwent Hand Surgery With Local Anesthesia: Comparing Outcome With a Peripheral Nerve Block vs. Local Infiltration Alone

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01110759

Enrollment

200

Registered

2010-04-27

Start date

2009-08-31

Completion date

2011-07-31

Last updated

2013-11-01

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Conditions

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Keywords

pain management, ambulatory surgery, opioid, local anesthesia, hand surgery, postoperative pain

Brief summary

In this study, the effects of local block vs non block will be assessed with respect to postoperative outcomes (such as pain score, and recovery profiles) in outpatients after hand surgery.

Detailed description

Analyzing medical records and through a telephone questionnaire, in a retrospective and prospective review respectively.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 18-80 years old * Outpatients who underwent hand surgery under peripheral nerve block or local infiltration alone

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who do not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
postoperative pain	hours to months	1. Severity of the pain experienced before patient left the surgery center and after patient arrived at home 2. Pain medication (amounts of opioids and non opioids pills) required d)Time to suffer pain at the surgical site (hand) (days, weeks, or months)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Nausea	days to weeks	1. Severity of the nausea experienced by the patient. 2. Medication required. 3. Time to suffer nausea.
Vomiting	dias to weeks	1. Severity 2. Medication required 3. Time to suffer vomiting

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Outcomes	days to weeks	* Presence of any other problems: (e.g., headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, constipation, difficulty voiding.) * Time taken to return to normal activities after surgery * Satisfaction with the pain management after surgery

Countries

United States

Outcome results