Patient Satisfaction and Pain Control Following Reconstructive Vaginal Surgery

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Conditions studied: Post Operative Pain

In brief

The investigators hypothesize that patient controlled analgesia (PCA) provides superior pain relief and patient satisfaction when compared to scheduled intravenous analgesia following vaginal reconstructive surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01442818

Run by

TriHealth Inc.

People needed

54

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The patients will be limited to those from the Division of Urogynecology to ensure similar surgical techniques. They will be between the ages of 18 and 70 and undergoing major vaginal reconstruction.
• All patients must undergo vaginal reconstructive surgery including: anterior repair, posterior repair, and intraperitoneal vaginal vault suspension. The addition of vaginal hysterectomy, enterocele repair, or suburethral sling is not cause for exclusion.

You may not qualify if…

• Any patient who has an allergy to hydromorphone/Dilaudid.
• Any patient already taking chronic opioids, defined as daily use.
• All patients with renal insufficiency or failure.
• All patients with liver failure.
• Any patient who is not having general anesthesia.
• Any patient undergoing abdominal or laparoscopic procedures: sacral colpopexy, laparoscopic hysterectomy or oophorectomy, Burch procedure, or any procedure that enters the abdominal fascia.

Where it is running

• Good Samaritan Hospital — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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