Anesthetic to Reduce Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery

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Conditions studied: Dysphagia

In brief

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effects of local anesthetic application into the retropharyngeal space and its ability to reduce dysphagia symptoms and/or occurrence rates in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02376205

Run by

Justin Parker Neurological Institute

People needed

150

Starts

2015-02-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-11

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients older than 18 y.o.
• Patients undergoing one- or two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery for radiculopathy or myelopathy symptoms
• Patients are wiling and able to sign informed consent and complete questionnaires

You may not qualify if…

• More than 2-level ACDF surgeries
• Previous cervical spine surgery
• Surgeries for trauma, infection or tumor
• Known hypersensitivity reactions to bupivacaine hydrochloride or other amino-amide anesthetics (e.g. lidocaine)
• Known history of swallowing issues (e.g. dysphagia, odynophagia)
• Pregnant or breastfeeding

Where it is running

• Boulder Neurosurgical Associates — Boulder, Colorado, United States

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