Reducing Post-Op Pain After Sacrospinous Ligament Colpopexy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

This is a randomized controlled trial to determine if intraoperative local analgesia administered at the level of the sacrospinous ligament can lessen the gluteal pain felt by patients postoperatively after SSL colpopexy. Hypothesis: Local analgesia administered at the level of the sacrospinous ligament can lessen the gluteal pain felt by patients postoperatively after SSL colpopexy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02037061

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

46

Starts

2014-03-01

Expected to finish

2016-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18, who are to undergo sacrospinous ligament colpopexy for vaginal apex prolapse after hysterectomy
• Other concomitant prolapse and anti-incontinence procedures (e.g., anterior colporrhaphy, paravaginal defect repair, posterior colporrhaphy, or mid-urethral sling procedures) will be performed at the primary surgeon's discretion

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to comprehend written and/or spoken English
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Need for concomitant surgeries not related to pelvic organ prolapse or incontinence
• Chronic pain conditions (e.g., fibromyalgia, myositis, myofascial pain syndrome)

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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