Spinal Anaesthesia as an Adjunct to General Anaesthesia for Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Rectal Amputation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spinal anaesthesia as an adjunct to general anaesthesia may reduce postoperative pain and opioid consumption after laparoscopic abdominoperineal rectal amputation. We designed a randomized double blinded pilot study with two objectives: 1) to explore potential benefits of spinal anaesthesia as an adjunct to general anaesthesia and 2) to provide power and sample size estimations for potential differences between the groups. Primary outcome measures were postoperative pain and oral morphine equivalent (OMEq) consumption.

Methods

Patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic abdominoperineal rectal amputation at the University Hospital of North Norway were randomised to spinal (n=5) or a sham spinal procedure (n=5). Numeric rating scale (NRS) and OMEq were monitored p

SUBMITTER: Antunes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10239760 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature