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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
26 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2016-01-01
2016-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Even if craniosynostosis surgery is an invasive procedure, there is a current misconception that it would be associated with minimal pain, despite the extensive exhibition of the skull and periostea dissection. The Literature about the assessment and management of postoperative pain in this particular surgical setting is scarce. Assessment of pain in infants is challenging, and often relies on clinical observation. To date, there are no evaluative and therapeutic parameters globally accredited in this category of patients. The scalp nerve block (SNB) is a regional anaesthetic technique, performed since several years in children undergoing a variety of procedures, from neurosurgery to eye-nose-throat surgery.SNB has been proposed as a complement to the routine craniosynostosis anaesthetic protocol, and should be associated to a reduced need for opioids.
Thirteen patients, aged between 3 months and 2 years, undergoing cranioplasty for the correction of craniosynostosis were subjected to SNB (Group SB) with Levobupivacaine 0.125% (total dose 2 mg/kg), performed before awakening, in combination with intraoperative intravenous acetaminophen (15 mg/kg if body weight \>10Kg, 7 mg/kg if body weight \< 10 kg). The SNB procedure was performed using the modified Pinosky technique, with levobupivacaine 0,125%(10). A targeted infiltration of 0,75-2ml of local anaesthetic (LA) solution was done at multiple sites with a 23G needle.
This Group of patients were compared with another group of 13 patients, derived from our database, and treated with the traditional pharmacological approach given intraoperatively (intravenous acetaminophen according to the body weight, plus intravenous tramadol 1 mg/kg).
Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
RETROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Group SB
Scalp block performed with Levobupivacaine 0.125% (total dose 2 mg/kg) in combination with intraoperative intravenous acetaminophen (15 mg/kg if body weight \>10Kg, 7 mg/kg if body weight \< 10 kg).
scalp block
intravenous acetaminophen according to the body weight, plus intravenous tramadol 1 mg/kg)
Group ST
intravenous acetaminophen according to the body weight, plus intravenous tramadol 1 mg/kg
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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scalp block
intravenous acetaminophen according to the body weight, plus intravenous tramadol 1 mg/kg)
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* specific drug therapies (pain relievers, sedatives and/or epileptic)
* denied consent to the study; development of postoperative intracranical bleeding and/or gastrointestinal bleeding
* need of nasogastric tube
* development of gastrointestinal infections.
3 Months
2 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Rossano festa, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS roma Italia
Locations
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Rossano Festa
Roma, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2024
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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