Ilioinguinal Block in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

Randers Regional Hospital

Status and phase: Withdrawn; Phase 2

Conditions: Post Operative Pain as Estimated by the Sue of the VAS Score

Treatments: Procedure: Needle prick; Drug: Marcaine ½%

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01969006

ILIOINGUINAL01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is undertaken to clarify whether intraoperative blockage with 40 ml of ½ % Marcaine© of the nerves in the ilio-inguinal canal may decrease postoperative pain after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

Patients will be randomised to injection of Marcaine© og a needle prick per-operatively.

Pain will be estimated using the VAS score in:

1. the wound 2 the abdomen 3 the shoulder

Scoring will be performed:

1. pre-operatively
2. 1 hour postoperatively
3. at discharge from the hospital d day 1,2 and 3 post OP

e. 1 year post OP

Full description

as above

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥ 18 year
2. Informed consent
3. a diagnosis of an inguinal hernia
4. ASA group ≤ 3
5. BMI ≤ 35

Exclusion criteria

1. Communication problems
2. No consent
3. Open procedure (not laparoscopic)
4. ASA-group 4
5. Use of Steroid or immunosuppressive tretament
6. Regular morphine use.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Injection of Marcaine ½ %

Experimental group

Description:

Injection of 40 ml of Marcaine ½ % 2 cm medial, 2 cm downwards from the Anterior Iliac Spine

Treatment:

Drug: Marcaine ½%

Needle prick

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Needle prick 2 cm medial and 2 cm downwards from the Anterior Iliac spine

Treatment:

Procedure: Needle prick