The effect of an ilio-inguinal block in appendectomy on post operative pain and hospital stay

Completed

• Conditions: Signs and Symptoms: Pain; Signs and Symptoms; Pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN05904043
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

All open appendectomies undertaken for acute appendicitis at Royal Berkshire Hospital. At time of analysis different sub groups formed according to operative findings: gangrenous / perforated appendix or normal appendix.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Laparoscopic appendectomies.
2. Appendix removed at time of planned laparotomy (i.e. not through small incision).

These exclusion criteria exist as we wish to judge the effect of local anaesthetic on post operative pain. Where a different size wound is left (laparoscopic or laparotomy) it would be an unfair comparison.
Where the initial operation is appendectomy via a lanz incision but an alternative pathology is found or the wound is extended for a laparotomy then the patient will be included in the study until the time of analysis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified