Post Tonsillectomy Analgesia Comparison After Surgery Site Spray of Local Anesthesics

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Analgesia

Treatments: Drug: levobupivacaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04325113

Tonsilstopic

Details and patient eligibility

About

Check analgesia after tonsillectomy in adults

Full description

We hypothesize that a vaporization of local anesthetics in the tonsil lodge would reduce postoperative pain.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Tonsillectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Gastric or duodenal ulcer
• Diabetes
• Kidney failure
• Chronic pain and fibromyalgia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

NaCl 0,9%

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

patients receive 5ml of NaCl 0,9% at the level of the tonsils lodge

Treatment:

Drug: levobupivacaine

Xylocaine 2%

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients receive 5ml of Xylocaïne 2% at the level of the tonsils lodge

Treatment:

Drug: levobupivacaine

Levobupivacaine 0,5%

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients receive 5ml of Levobupivacaine 0,5% at the level of the tonsils lodge

Treatment:

Drug: levobupivacaine