To find out whether sciatic nerve is blocked accidentally following pain relief nerve block for piles surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients sufferring from hemorrhoids
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/05/008467
- Lead Sponsor
- Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1) Patients aged between 18 to 60 years posted for elective hemorrhoidectomy .
2) Patients belonging to ASA physical status I and II.
2) Willingness to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1) ASA III and above.
2) Psychiatric illness.
3) Patients on anticoagulants .
4) Any neuropathic illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the Incidence of unintended sciatic nerve block with two different volumes of ropivacaineTimepoint: 1)Spread of drug to the sciatic nerve confirmed with ultrasound 2)Signs of motor or sensory involvement in the ditribution of sciatic nerve in the first 24 hrs after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Time of block would be taken as time zero,time of first analgesic requirement would be calculated in minutes from this point <br/ ><br>2)Total demand of analgesics in 24 hours would be noted <br/ ><br>3)The quality of pain relief would be assessed by NPRS numeric pain rating scale <br/ ><br>4)Patients satisfaction was assessed by a three point scale excellent, satisfactory and unsatisfactoryTimepoint: 1)Time of block would be taken as time zero,time of first analgesic requirement would be calculated in minutes from this point <br/ ><br>2)Total demand of analgesics in 24 hours would be noted <br/ ><br>3)The quality of pain relief would be assessed by NPRS numeric pain rating scale <br/ ><br>4)Patients satisfaction was assessed by a three point scale excellent, satisfactory and unsatisfactory