Ketorolac pain block for lower-limb surgery with a tourniquet
Treatments studied
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This trial looks at whether a ketorolac pain medicine given directly to the leg during surgery can reduce pain after lower-limb orthopedic operations. It may help people who are having one leg operated on with spinal anesthesia and a tourniquet, but it has several safety limits.
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Who can take part
- You are having elective surgery on just one lower limb (one side)
- Your surgery will use a tourniquet and spinal anesthesia
- You are generally healthy or have mild illness (ASA class I or II)
- You are not pregnant
- Your body mass index (BMI) is under 35
- You do not have a ketorolac allergy, kidney problems, asthma, vascular disease like Raynaud’s, or blood anemia
- You have no history of stomach or intestine inflammation/bleeding/ulcers/perforation (except if the surgeon says otherwise)
- Your operated limb does not have severe swelling (edema grade 3 or higher)
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