CompletedNot Applicable

Costal Cartilage Donor-site Pain: Does Abdominal Muscle Infiltration Analgesia Work?

China60 participantsStarted 2022-12-01

Plain-language summary

Donor-site pain is an adverse effect of autologous ear reconstruction. A well-planned pain management protocol is needed. The objective of this study was to introduce rectus abdominis and external oblique muscle infiltration analgesia (RAM+EOM-IA) in autologous ear reconstruction and to evaluate its efficacy and safety.

Who can participate

Age range8 Years – 18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients were microtia and underwent the first stage of autologous ear reconstruction by the same experienced surgeon in First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients were excluded if they over 18 years old; discontinued analgesic therapy; regularly used opioids, other analgesics, sedative medications, or corticosteroids; were unable to express pain scores due to comorbidities such as mental retardation; or had incomplete data.

What they're measuring

numeric rating scale

Timeframe: 4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,40,44,48hours after surgery

Rescue analgesics consumption

Timeframe: 48hours after surgery

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06118216

SponsorXiaohui Su

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-06-01

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