Regional Block for Postoperative Free Flap Care
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Pain Management
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Participant)Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
The increasing rate of opioid related overdose mortality is well documented in the literature and approached 15 per 100,000 in 2017. Because of a growing epidemic in the US, the medical community is under scrutiny to curtail opioid prescription. However, this is weighed against surgical outcomes; im...
The increasing rate of opioid related overdose mortality is well documented in the literature and approached 15 per 100,000 in 2017. Because of a growing epidemic in the US, the medical community is under scrutiny to curtail opioid prescription. However, this is weighed against surgical outcomes; importantly, postoperative pain has adverse effects on function, recovery and quality of life. Regional anesthesia provides a non opioid based, pain control strategy. First, regional anesthesia decreases systemic adverse events including respiratory failure in abdominal surgery, decreases length of stay and improves rehabilitation in common orthopedic procedures such as total knee arthroplasty and shoulder arthroplasty. Second, the physiologic benefits of regional anesthesia are compelling including augmented micro and macrocirculation, maintenance of body temperature and decreased systemic stress response through chemical sympathectomy. Finally, regional anesthesia has been established as safe in the microvascular and anesthesia literature for pediatric, and adult patients.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04080739
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Anthony Morlandt, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham