The Effect of Systemic Lidocaine Infusion to Postoperative Pain and Quality of Recovery After Laparoscopic Hernia Repair in Children

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Drug: Normal saline infusion; Drug: Systemic intravenous lidocaine infusion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02007330

4-2013-0692

Details and patient eligibility

About

Systemic lidocaine administration may improve postoperative pain and recovery after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in pediatric patients

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 6 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 1 and 6 year-old
• ASA class 1 and 2
• Pediatric Inguinal hernia patients who are scheduled for elective laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Exclusion criteria

• Allergy to local anesthetics or contraindication to use of lidocaine
• Current active upper respiratory infection or history of upper respiratory infection within 2 weeks
• Severe cardiovascular disease
• Renal failure
• Liver failure
• Neurologic and psychologic disease
• Chronic treatment with analgesics
• Previous history of laparoscopic operation
• Parents' refusal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Group L

Experimental group

Description:

Intravenous lidocaine infusion group

Treatment:

Drug: Systemic intravenous lidocaine infusion

Group C

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Intravenous normal saline infusion - control group

Treatment:

Drug: Normal saline infusion