Conditions: Pain Obesity
Keywords: Gastric Surgery Pain Recovery Laparoscopic Surgery
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 51
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Can Intraoperative systemic lidocaine decrease postoperative opioid consumption and improve quality of recovery after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery? The hypotheses:does the use of intraoperative systemic lidocaine decrease postoperative opioid consumption and improve quality of recovery after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.

This study has the potential to confirm an opioid sparing strategy for morbid obese patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. The high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea and the increased risk of postoperative hypoxemia make the development of opioid sparing techniques in this patient population warranted.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Lidocaine infusion arm 2: Placebo Normal Saline Infusion

Interventions: intervention 1: Lidocaine Infusion intervention 2: Normal Saline
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 1.5 mg/kg bolus followed by an infusion of 2 mg/kg/hr throughout the intra operative period intervention 2: Saline bolus equal to that of lidocaine in addition to continuous infusion of normal saline during the intra operative period

Protocol document: