# Effect of Continuous Thoracic Epidural Analgesia on Gut Motility Following Emergency Laparotomy

> **NCT03145389** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Banaras Hindu University** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Analgesia, Epidural

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Epidural catheter placement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03145389
- **Lead sponsor:** Banaras Hindu University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-03-20
- **Primary completion:** 2017-04-20
- **Final completion:** 2017-04-20
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-05-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03145389

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03145389, "Effect of Continuous Thoracic Epidural Analgesia on Gut Motility Following Emergency Laparotomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03145389. Licensed CC0.

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