Quadratus Lumborum vs Caudal Epidural Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Pediatric Patients for Upper Abdominal Surgeries

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Post Operative Pain, Acute
• Interventions: Procedure: Quadratus lumborum block; Procedure: Caudal epidural injection

• Registration Number: NCT05493085
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

Compare between the analgesic effect of the Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block and single Caudal epidural injection in pediatric patients undergoing surgeries with supraumbilical incisions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-01
• Study Start: 2022-06-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-08
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-09
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-19
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-03
• Study Completion: 2023-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

• Any pediatric patient aged from 2 to 8 years undergoing abdominal Surgery with Supraumbilical umbilical incision

Exclusion Criteria

• parents refusal to participate in the study,
• previous history of allergy to local anesthetics
• hemodynamic instability
• Coagulopathy,

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Quadratus Lumborum	Quadratus lumborum block	Patients will receive Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block
Caudal epidural	Caudal epidural injection	Patients will receive single Caudal epidural injection

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain score	24 hours postoperative	Face, leg, activity, cry and consolability score With score of 0 meaning no pain and requires no intervention and score of 10 indicating the worst imaginable pain requiring rescue analgesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ain shams university hospital; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Abbasia, Egypt