Comparison Between Two Ultrasound-guided Blocks (Transversus Abdominis Plane and Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerve Blocks) for Pain Relief After Open Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 90
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- postoperative pain
Study Overview
Brief Summary
TAP was recommended by PROSPECT for further investigation as an appropriate analgesic method after open herniorrhaphy. Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block is one of the oldest methods of analgesia. The researchers wish to investigate whether the TAP block is as effective as the ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block?
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients undergoing elective primary unilateral open tension-free mesh inguinal hernia repair
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inability to consent to the study
- •BMI more than 40
- •Skin infection near injection site
- •Chronic hepatic or renal failure
- •Peripheral neuropathy
- •Proven opioid dependency
- •Coagulopathy
- •Thrombocytopenia
- •Lack of orientation
- •Impossibility to understand VAS
- •Patients suffering from chronic pain
Arms & Interventions
TAP Block
Intervention: Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Posterior TAP Block (Procedure)
II/IH Block
Intervention: Preoperative Ultrasound Guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block (Procedure)
Control Group
Intervention: Patient controlled analgesia (Drug)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
postoperative pain
Time Frame: 2 days postoperatively
Intensity of pain in rest and during movement at the operation day and 2 days postoperaive.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
