A comparison of Quadratus Lumborum block and Epidural block for reducing post operative pain.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057563
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS, New Delhi, 110029
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Participants selected will be adult patients aged 18–75 years of age with
gynecological cancers and who are scheduled for cytoreductive/debulking
surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
The following patients will be excluded from the study:
Lack of mental ability to use a PCA pump, ASA PS grade iii and iv, obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2), any contraindication to an epidural catheter insertion (i.e. coagulopathy as defined by platelet count less than 90,000 and INR >1.5, local skin infection, etc.), patients already taking analgesics for pain, surgeries involving bowel resection, splenectomy or removal of any other organ except the uterus and adnexal masses.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary objective will be to compare between Quadratus lumborum & epidural groups, the amount (in mg) of postoperative morphine consumed at 24 hours.Timepoint: The primary objective will be to compare between Quadratus lumborum & epidural groups, the amount (in mg) of postoperative morphine consumed at 24 hours.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Consumption of morphine at 2, 6, 12 & 48h post operatively.Timepoint: 2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 48 hours.;Incidence of complications i.e hypotension & motor blockade <br/ ><br>requiring alteration or pause in epidural administration.Timepoint: 48 hours;Incidence of post operative nausea and/or vomiting requiring <br/ ><br>treatment.Timepoint: 48 hours;Length of hospital stay. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Not applicable;Numerical rating score for pain at 2, 6, 12 & 48h post operatively.Timepoint: 2 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 48 hours.;Time to first mobilization.Timepoint: 48 hours