The purpose of this study is to comparing effects of intravenously (IV) administered lidocaine to effects of epidurally (ED) administered lidocaine in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
78
University Hospital Muenster
Münster, Germany
St. Franziskushospital Muenster
Münster, Germany
St. Marienhospital
Vechta, Germany
length of postoperative hospital stay
Time frame: end of hospital stay
Hyperalgesia perioperative
Time frame: postoperative day 2, 4, 8, end of hospital stay and follow-up
Cytokine levels perioperative
Time frame: before surgery and 4 hours, 2 and 4 days after surgery
Bowel motility perioperative
Time frame: days after surgery
Length of PACU stay
Time frame: end of PACU stay
Cognitive function perioperatively
Time frame: before surgery, one and four days after surgery, at end of hospital stay and follow-up
Incidence of wound healing disturbances
Time frame: within 4 weeks after surgery
Postoperative Analgesia
Time frame: until end of hospital stay
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