Comparison of postoperative pain relief using two methods of ropivacaine injections in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries: a prospective randomized study.
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K87- Disorders of gallbladder, biliarytract and pancreas in diseases classified elsewhereHealth Condition 2: K566- Other and unspecified intestinal obstructionHealth Condition 3: K420- Umbilical hernia with obstruction,without gangrene
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/10/058393
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Science Bhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA grade I & II patients (age – 18 to 70 years) undergoing midline laparotomies
Patients who can understand and provide a valid consent for the procedure and can understand and are willing to report the pain using NRS score.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients not willing to give consent
Patients undergoing re-do surgeries
Patients with known allergy to study drug
Patients with psychiatric disorders
Patients who have had pre-operative opioid consumption
Patients on chronic pain medication
Severe cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the time to the first demand of rescue analgesia (NRS score more than or equal to 4) in long-axis versus conventional rectus abdominis sheath blockTimepoint: Within first 24 hours post extubation after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare intra-operative opioid requirement <br/ ><br>To compare the NRS score at 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 18 hours & 24 hours post extubation after the surgery <br/ ><br>To compare the mean NRS in 24 hours <br/ ><br>To compare the total dose of rescue tramadol required in the first 24 hrs <br/ ><br>To compare the patient satisfaction score To compare the complicationsTimepoint: Total intra-operative opioid requirement by the end of surgery. <br/ ><br>NRS score at 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 18 hours & 24 hours post extubation after the surgery. <br/ ><br>Other parameters by first 24 hours post extubation after surgery