Preemptive Local Anesthesia in Vaginal Surgery

Mayo Clinic90 enrolled

Overview

Preemptive analgesia is an intervention which provides an anesthetic prior to initiating a painful stimulus. This trial is examining the effects of a local anesthetic given at the point of innervation prior to performing a vaginal hysterectomy with suspension sutures.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

bupivacaine and epinephrineDRUG

20 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine paracervical injection.

PlaceboDRUG

20 ml normal saline injection.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy with McCall's culdoplasty

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Pain Score

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain score on a scale from 0 (None) to 10 (Worst) points.

Time frame: 30 minutes post-op

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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