Oregon Health and Science University
This is a prospective cohort study of outpatient adults with chronic abdominal wall pain receiving abdominal wall injections, as part of their usual care, with lidocaine. Subjects will be recruited at the outpatient gastroenterology clinic at OHSU.
This is a prospective cohort study of outpatient adults with chronic abdominal wall pain who receive abdominal wall injections with lidocaine at an academic medical center. Thirty patients will be enrolled. A baseline assessment will include a medical history review and survey administration (Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29, Recurrent Abdominal Pain Intensity and Disability scale). Subjects will undergo Quantitative Sensory Testing to measure their pain tolerance and thresholds. The primary outco…
Inclusion Criteria: * Localized abdominal wall pain * Average daily pain (7-day recall) ≥ 3 on a scale of 0-10 * Suspected abdominal wall etiology for abdominal pain * Positive Carnett's sign or pain near an incisional site * 18 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: * Suspected visceral etiology for the abdominal pain * Severe allergy to lidocaine * Unwillingness or inability to provide informed consent * Low probability of follow-up * Abdominal wall hernia noted at the point of pain * History of trigger point injections for abdominal pain * Bleeding disorder * Pregnancy, incarceration…
Injections will be administered for patient who are identified as having abdominal wall pain.
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