Post Operative Pain as Estimated by the Sue of the VAS Score Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effect of Ilioinguinal Blockage on Postoperative Pain After Laparoscopic Inguinal Herna Repair
This study is undertaken to clarify whether intraoperative blockage with 40 ml of ½ %
Marcaine© of the nerves in the ilio-inguinal canal may decrease postoperative pain after
laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Patients will be randomised to injection of Marcaine© og a needle prick per-operatively.
Pain will be estimated using the VAS score in:
1. the wound 2 the abdomen 3 the shoulder
Scoring will be performed:
1. pre-operatively
2. 1 hour postoperatively
3. at discharge from the hospital d day 1,2 and 3 post OP
e. 1 year post OP
as above ;
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention