Post cholecystectomy pain relief
Conditions
Interventions
The study will be carried out in wards 19 and 20 of the North Colombo Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Consenting patients meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be allocated using random
Sponsors
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who undergo emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy 2. Conversion from laparoscopy to open cholecystectomy 3. Patients with blood coagulation pathologies 4. Known allergy to local anesthetic drugs 5. Duration of surgery more than two hours 6. Patients with intra operative or perioperative complications 7. Pregnant women 8. Body weight less than 30kg
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Need for post-operative rescue analgesia with sub cutaneous morphine [At 36 hours post operatively] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Post operative pain (assessed by visual analog score) [At 6,12,18,24 & 36 hours after the surgery. ] Duration of immobilization [Time taken to walk to the washroom after the surgery.] Occurrence of post operative vomiting [6 hourly up to 36 hours after the surgery] Duration of hospital stay [At time of discharge ] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Rohan Chaminda Siriwardana
Consultant hepatobiliary surgeon
Outcome results
None listed