To compare the pain reducing effects of injecting local anesthetic drug between the abdominal muscle layers and infiltration below the muscle layer along the full length of the wound after cesarean sectio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Pregnant patients posted for elective Cesarean section
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/03/012337
- Lead Sponsor
- St Stephens Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. American society of anesthesiologists physical status 1 or 2 and a singleton fetus >37 weeks of gestation.
2. Patients undergoing cesarean delivery at term with a Pfannenstiel incision under spinal anesthesia.
3. Body weight between 50-70 kg.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient refusal
2. Women in active labour
3. Age <19 or >40 years old
4. Height <155 cm
5. Weight <50 kg or BMI > 35 kg/m2
6. Women with a contraindication to any of the study protocol analgesics (levobupivacaine or diclofenac)
7. Conversion from spinal to general anesthesia owing to inadequate intra operative analgesia )
8. Failure of neuraxial technique
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To compare the quality of analgesia using VAS (visual analogue scale) and VRNS (verbal response numerical scale ) in both the groups. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2. To determine the duration of analgesia till patient requires first rescue dose. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>3. To compare the total analgesic dose requirement in first 24 hours in both the groups.Timepoint: The pain scores and hemodynamic parameters will be measured at the end of the surgery, 2 hours post operatively, at the time of first rescue analgesia and second dose of analgesia
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare patient satisfaction using VRNS (verbal response numerical scale) <br/ ><br>To observe side effects if any, related to drug, technique or bothTimepoint: after 24 hours