Comparison of pain relief provided by two different techniques of peripheral nerve block in inguinal hernia repair patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients posted for inguinal hernia surgery repair
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/09/006196
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Science Technology Chandigarh Administration
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
50 ASA I and II patients scheduled to undergo elective, primary, unilateral open inguinal hernia repair under subarachnoid block (SAB) will be enrolled in the study
Exclusion Criteria
-Age <= 18 years
-Body mass index >= 40kg/m2
-Inability to consent to the study
-Local infection at the puncture site
-Allergies / contraindications to any of the drugs used in the study
-Chronic hepatic or renal disease
-Cardiac disease
-Pre-existing neurological deficits
-Psychiatric illness
-Preoperative opioid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment for chronic pain
-Regional block refusal / contraindication
-Inability to understand the scoring systems to be used in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure of the study will be 24 hour analgesic consumptionTimepoint: The primary outcome measure of the study will be 24 hour analgesic consumption
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain scores, time to first request for rescue analgesic and side-effects in the postoperative period. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: on admission to the PACU and then at 1h, 2h, 4h, 8 h, 12 h, 18 h and at 24 hour interval