Numbing medicine for pain after lower back surgery
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests a numbing medicine injected near the spine to reduce pain after lumbar surgery. It may help patients manage pain with less need for strong painkillers.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are having surgery to relieve pressure on the nerves in your lower back (lumbar decompression), with or without spinal fusion.
- Your surgery is being done by the orthopedic surgery team.
- You do not have severe liver or kidney disease, a heart ejection fraction below 30%, or an allergy to the numbing medicine (ropivacaine).
- You weigh at least 50 kg (about 110 pounds).
- You can give informed consent before the surgery (not an emergency surgery).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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