Local Anaesthesia Used During Fast-track Colonic Surgery: Evaluation of Bupivacaine and Levobupivacaine in Practice

Martini Hospital Groningen14 enrolled

Overview

The standard treatment for post operative pain is now bupivacaine + sufentanil. The use of this combination during fast-track colonic surgery leads frequently to post-operative nausea and vomiting and limited mobilisation possibilities. Therefore the department anaesthesiology wants to evaluate the use of a different local anaesthetic: levobupivacaine combined with morphine on demand. The expectation is that the use of levobupivacaine leads to less side effects.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Colonic Diseases Post-operative Pain Local Anesthesia

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who undergo fast-track colonic surgery and with post operative epidural pain treatment Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are admitted to an other ward * Patients with a spinal catheter

Locations (1)

Martini Hospital ward 4b

Groningen, Provincie Groningen, Netherlands