Conditions: Nephrectomy Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Keywords: laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 111
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether continuous intravenous ketorolac infusion reduces pain in patients who are having laparoscopic surgery to donate a kidney.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 90 mg ketorolac in 1 L of normal saline infused at 40-120 mL/hr for 18.5-23 hours beginning 0.5 hours after the end of surgery. arm 2: 1 L of normal saline infused at 40-120 mL/hr for 18.5-23 hours beginning 0.5 hours after the end of surgery.

Interventions: intervention 1: Ketorolac intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 90 mg ketorolac in 1 L of normal saline infused at 40-120 mL/hr for 18.5-23 hours beginning 0.5 hours after the end of surgery. intervention 2: 1 L of normal saline infused at 40-120 mL/hr for 18.5-23 hours beginning 0.5 hours after the end of surgery.

Protocol document: