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Lead
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Thoracoscopy (thoracic surgery) is a video-assisted minimally invasive operation in thoracic surgery, which is associated with pain after surgery. Trial drug Lidocaine is approved as pain medication. This placebo-controlled study analyzes the effect of perioperative intravenous lidocaine administration on total morphine consumption (TMC) and on pain intensity in thoracoscopic surgery .
Half of the patients will receive NaCl 0.9% (a saline solution without active ingredient) instead of Lidocaine.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures under general anaesthesia.
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical Status classes I to III
age ≥ 18 years
Patient informed consent
You may not be if
Contraindications to the class of drugs under study, e.g. known hypersensitivity or allergy to class of drugs or the investigational product
Contraindications to self-administration of opioids
Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
Steroid therapy
Chronic pain therapy
Atrioventricular block grade II to III
Congestive heart failure
Liver insufficiency
Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse
Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia
Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study,
Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons
