103
Participants
Start Date
January 1, 2013
Primary Completion Date
August 24, 2016
Study Completion Date
August 24, 2016
Laparotomy
Exploratory surgery for gynecologic diagnosis.Involves pre-operative counseling, the use of regional anesthesia (spinal or epidural pain management rather than intravenous narcotics), early eating after surgery, early walking, and certain goals for discharge from the hospital
intravenous narcotics
given for pain management after surgery per physician orders
standard anesthesia
inhalant or intravenous during surgery
regional anesthesia
given by spinal or epidural infusion
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
given for pain management after surgery
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
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