Treatment for Pain, Postoperative
Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
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Treatment Groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. Treatment is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are in Phase 3 and have had some early promising results.
Eligibility
This trial is for patients born any sex aged 18 and younger. There are 6 eligibility criteria to participate in this trial as listed below.
Approximate Timelines
Measurement Requirements
This trial is evaluating whether Treatment will improve 1 primary outcome and 5 secondary outcomes in patients with Pain, Postoperative. Measurement will happen over the course of every eight hours thereafter on the hospital floor for total of 24 hours postoperatively.
Who is running the study
Principal InvestigatorPatient Q & A Section
How many people get pain, postoperative a year in the United States?
Pain of moderate to severe intensity, on a rating scale of 0 to 10 at the 6-month follow-up clinic visit, was common in children and adolescents seen for pain evaluation after surgery.
What are common treatments for pain, postoperative?
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) are often used in both acute and chronic [pain management](https://www.withpower.com/clinical-trials/pain-management). Their use is well-integrated in post-operative care and is widely accepted and well-tolerated, irrespective of comorbidities. Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) and tramadol are frequently used in chronic pain management and are often tolerated, but caution must be exercised if chronic long-term use or excessive tramadol dosing is necessary. The long-term use of antidepressants for the treatment of pain should be restricted to patients who do not have severe comorbid psychiatric illnesses.
What is pain, postoperative?
The postoperative period is a painful, acute phase of the immediate postoperative period. Patients can benefit from multimodal pain management and optimizing pain management is important.
What causes pain, postoperative?
Postoperative pain is not only a natural consequence of operation, but oftentimes can be the main cause for patients to seek medical care for it. Moreover some measures can be taken to reduce postoperative postoperative pain.
Can pain, postoperative be cured?
The data suggests that chronic nonmalignant pain can not be cured in the short term, however, in the medium and long term, these patients can gain meaningful pain relief.
What are the signs of pain, postoperative?
Signs of postoperative pain include headache, tenderness, tightness, fatigue, and tenderness in the jaw. Tenderness may be felt anywhere in the neck. Pain will be worse in the morning and when stretching out from lying on the back. A person with pain should be sure to notify the dentist and, where applicable, other medical professionals of all current treatments. A history of headache or over-use of neck medication should lead to a reconsideration of the type and length of postoperative analgesia. Pain may mimic those of an infection or tumors can be associated with chronic pain, so long term pain may be treated aggressively.
What is the average age someone gets pain, postoperative?
The frequency and severity of complaints are similar among both age groups. The age group of 50-54 seems to represent the "healthy" cohort of the population at this stage of their lives. No other age group of patients is "well" enough on their own to be exempt from medical care in our practice.
What is treatment?
Patients with HNC and pain may have a poor prognosis and must be carefully selected for treatment. Results from a recent paper of randomized studies of different treatments for patients with HNC and pain indicate that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are a reasonable first-line choice, although some have suggested that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be inappropriate for treating this population. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs combined with paracetamol may have a more successful outcome. Randomized controlled trials of different treatments for patients with postoperative pain are needed.
How does treatment work?
Patients experiencing pain within one hour of surgery received more opioids and received more postoperative pain medication, although these findings were not statistically significant. It is possible that patients with higher pain scores do not receive surgery as early as patients with lower pain scores.
Does pain, postoperative run in families?
Contrary to our hypothesis, our data suggest that there is a small to modest correlation in families of painful complications after surgery. However, a small percentage of cases with such pain is not familial for hereditary disease, and thus other explanations need to be considered for this subset. Further prospective genotypic analyses are needed to elucidate the relationship.
What is the primary cause of pain, postoperative?
Although pain is a very common problem that often causes tremendous suffering, it is seldom the root of the patient's motivation to seek a physician. More work, however, is needed to clarify the complex etiology of postoperative pain without the assistance of careful scientific inquiry.
Have there been any new discoveries for treating pain, postoperative?
There are still many issues yet to be discovered. However, some of the methods are becoming more well understood, which will eventually help our lives better.