Success Rate, Efficiency, and Predictors of Reactivation of a Continuous Labor Epidural Catheter for Postpartum Tubal Ligation
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Birmingham |
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Alabama |
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35249 |
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Tubal Ligation - Bilateral Tubal Ligation |
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This study is to study the success rate of using the epidural catheter that was placed
during the labor for the surgical anesthesia to perform a postpartum tubal ligation.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- ASA 1-3 postpartum women desiring PPBTL for infertility
- Functional epidural catheter placed for labor and delivery analgesia
- The epidural is still taped within 1cm of the original depth when it was functional
for labor analgesia
- 1-45 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- ASA 4 status
- History of dural puncture ("wet tap") during initial epidural catheter insertion
- History of marginal or inadequate epidural analgesia for labor
- Cesarean section for delivery
- Examination demonstrates that the indwelling catheter has migrated more than 1 cm
from the original depth when secured
- The end of indwelling epidural catheter appears to have not been capped appropriately
or the cap was not maintained intact
- Prolonged sensory or motor block, bladder or anal sphincter dysfunction, nerve
damage, inability to ambulate, post-dural puncture headache (PDHD), or seizures,
during or after delivery and following cessation of the epidural catheter dosing
- Pseudocholinesterase deficiency
- Allergy to Nesacaine® (chloroprocaine) or lidocaine
- General anesthesia provided for delivery
- History of substance abuse disorder
- History of major psychiatric disorder
- Non-English reading/speaking participants
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NCT00898443 |
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Principal Investigator
Marsha L. Wakefield, MD
UAB Department of Anesthesiology
Cindy H Louderback, BS
Phone: 205-934-6007
Email: clouderback@uab.edu
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N/A |
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Birmingham, Alabama 35249
United States
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Site Status: Recruiting |
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ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Date Processed: |
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May 19, 2013 |
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