Evaluation of the Analgesic Efficacy of Multimodal Pain Control Regimens That Aim to Limit the Use of Narcotics in Cholecystectomy and Hernia Repairs

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT06095453

Methodist Health System50 enrolled

Overview

Subjects were patients of the five surgeons with Surgical Associates of Mansfield (SAM) who underwent an elective or urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy; or elective or urgent laparoscopic or open hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, or umbilical); and who otherwise met the inclusion criteria. I

This performance improvement study is a retrospective review of data obtained from patients at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center (MMMC) in Mansfield, Texas from May 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022. Subjects were patients of the five surgeons with Surgical Associates of Mansfield (SAM) who underwent an elective or urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy; or elective or urgent laparoscopic or open hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, or umbilical); and who otherwise met the inclusion criteria. Incisional hernias were excluded. Emergent hernia operations that required bowel or colon resections due to strangulation were excluded

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Acute Pain

Interventions

Pain control regimensOTHER

Narcotics in cholecystectomy and hernia repairs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 100 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Patients of the five physicians of the SAM group Patients ≥18 years Patients undergoing urgent or elective laparoscopic and robotic cholecystectomy OR patients undergoing urgent or elective laparoscopic, robotic or open hernia repair (ventral, umbilical, or inguinal). Exclusion Criteria: Patients \<18 years Patients with chronic pain conditions managed with chronic use of narcotics Patients that underwent incisional hernia repairs Patients that underwent complicated hernia repairs that included other operations such as colon and bowel resection procedures

Locations (1)

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Narcotics Doses and timeframe

number of doses of narcotics taken including the number of times refilled.

Time frame: 4 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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