Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain in Children

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Pre-Operative Anxiety; Post-Operative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Perioperative administration near the nerve; Procedure: Transcutaneous iliohypogastric

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00643032

50/2007

Details and patient eligibility

About

We wish to study which method of local injection of analgesic (before or during surgery) is the more effective method to reduce post-operative pain in children. In addition, we wish to study which pre-operative educational intervention is more effective in reducing anxiety in children and their family.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 months to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy
• ASA I - II
• Undergoing elective day surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Known coagulation dysfunction
• Sensitivity to analgesics

Trial design

250 participants in 2 patient groups

I

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Transcutaneous iliohypogastric

II

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Perioperative administration near the nerve