Local Anesthetic Injection Into Both Angles of the Rectus Sheath Incision
Early Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- Postoperative Cesarean Delivery Pain
- Interventions
- Drug: 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5%Drug: Placebo
- Registration Number
- NCT02285491
- Lead Sponsor
- Ain Shams Maternity Hospital
- Brief Summary
Local anesthetic will be injected into both angles of the rectus sheath incision in an attempt to block sensory nerves in this area that cause the sensation of pain from lscs wound.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 225
Inclusion Criteria
- patients booked for lscs
- primisection
- singleton pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria
- emergency cesarean section
- bleeding tendency
- hypersensitivity to local anesthetic
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description bupivacaine group 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% This is the group of patients that will receive 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% injection in both angles of the rectus sheath incision bupivacaine and saline group 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% This group will receive saline injection in one angle and 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% injection in the opposite angle. saline group Placebo This group will receive saline injections as placebo into both angles of the rectus sheath incision bupivacaine and saline group Placebo This group will receive saline injection in one angle and 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% injection in the opposite angle.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain assessment during rest and ambulation by visual analogue scale for 24 hours after lscs
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ain Shams Maternity Hospital
🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt