Analgesic Efficacy of External Oblique Intercostal Block Versus Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Open Surgical Nephrectomy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Transversus abdominis plane block
- Conditions
- Analgesic Efficacy
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 63
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Degree of pain
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
To compare the efficacy of unilateral ultrasound-guided oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block with unilateral ultrasound-guided external oblique intercostal plane block in providing intraoperative and postoperative analgesia in cancer patients undergoing open nephrectomy.
Detailed Description
Open surgery remains one of the procedures used for those patients requiring partial or radical nephrectomy and is associated with a high incidence of severe immediate postoperative pain and chronic pain the months following surgery. Regional anesthesia techniques are frequently recommended for pain control in open nephrectomy as they decrease the need for parenteral opioid and improve patient satisfaction. Although abdominal wall blocks are known to decrease opioid requirements without causing epidural associated hypotension, their role in flank surgeries has been less well-established. The dermatomes that need to be covered in flank incision are T9 to T11. Studies have confirmed that ultrasound-guided (USG) transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is an effective method of analgesia for upper abdominal surgeries, lower abdominal surgeries and kidney transplantation with minimal side effects. The external oblique intercostal (EOI) block is a novel method providing simple and effective somatic analgesia to the upper abdomen with minimal side effects. Other advantages include easy sonoanatomy (even in obese patients), being performed in the supine position, and no anticoagulation concern
Investigators
Ahmed Abdelbaset Mostafa
Specialist of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care & Pain Relief
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age (18-65) year.
- •Both sexes.
- •American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class II and III.
- •Cancer patients candidate for open nephrectomy .
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient refusal.
- •Skin lesions or infection at the site of proposed needle insertion.
- •Cognitive disorders.
- •History of psychiatric disorders or drug abuse.
- •Patients allergic to medication used.
- •ASA class IV.
- •Coagulopathy.
- •Body mass index (BMI) more than 35.
Arms & Interventions
Transversus abdominis plane group
patients will receive unilateral ultrasound-guided oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block block
Intervention: Transversus abdominis plane block
External oblique intercostal group
Patients will receive unilateral ultrasound-guided external oblique intercostal block
Intervention: External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block
Control group
Patients will receive IV morphine 0.1mg/kg after induction of general anesthesia.
Intervention: Control group
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Degree of pain
Time Frame: 24 hours after surgery
Degree of pain by Numerical rating scale (NRS)score. NRS (0 pain represents "no pain" while 10 pain represents "the worst pain imaginable"). scores will be registered at rest and movement immediately after surgery and at two, six, 12 and 24 hours after surgery, when the (NRS) was \> 4, IV morphine PCA will be initiated with continuous rate of 1 mg/hr, a patient demand bolus of 1mg and with lockout time of 10 minutes based on the patient weight and gender. the first time to the rescue analgesia needed and the top up doses will be recorded.
Secondary Outcomes
- Mean arterial pressure(Till the end of surgery (up to 2hours))
- Heart rate(Till the end of surgery (up to 2hours))
- Opioids consumption(24 hours after surgery)
- Morphine consumption(24 hours after surgery.)
- Time to rescue analgesia.(24 hours after surgery)
- Incidence of complications(24 hours after surgery)