Abdominal Ice Packs for Pain Control and Reduction of Narcotic Use Following Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

Pain, Postoperative Clinical Trial

Official title: Abdominal Ice Packs for Pain Control and Reduction of Narcotic Use Following Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of using ice packs on the abdomen immediately after laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery on pain control and narcotic pain medication use.

Clinical Trial Description

Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on women in the United States, with approximately 600,000 performed annually. The use of postoperative cooling as an adjuvant for post-operative pain control has previously been shown to be effective and safe in a variety of procedures, but has yet to be described for laparoscopic surgery. In contrast to laparotomy where the wound is a significant pain generator and direct application of ice is intuitive, in laparoscopic surgery much of the pain-generating tissue trauma is intraperitoneal and pelvic in nature, away from the abdominal wall. Ice pack use on the abdominal wall likely inhibits visceral afferent pain fibers via somatic afferent nerve cross-talk. Accordingly, applying ice to the abdominal wall and its somatic afferents may improve laparoscopic pain control, despite the lack of a significant abdominal wound. Our goal is to quantify narcotic use after hospital discharge following hysterectomy, and evaluate the effectiveness of abdominal ice packs as low cost adjuncts for pain control. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cryotherapy Effect
• Hysterectomy
• Narcotic Use
• Pain, Postoperative

• NCT number: NCT03341533
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 12, 2018
• Completion date: April 16, 2020