A clinical trial to study effects of two techniques, epidural and rectus sheath block for post operative pain relief in patients with midline incision abdominal surgeries
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- midline incision elective laparotomy patients
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/03/012609
- Lead Sponsor
- Fortis Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. ASA 1 to 3
2. Planned open major abdominal surgery with midline incision
3. Willing and able to give consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. ASA >3
2.Contraindications to regional anaesthesia techniques (allergic to local anesthetic agent, infection around site of block, coagulation disorder)
3. Consent refused for either TEA or RSC
4.Difficulty with communication
5.Planned transverse or oblique incisional approach
6.Any drug addiction
7.Extensive existing midline abdominal scarring/ previous laparotomy scar.
8. Peripheral neuropathies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Opioid consumptions (in mg) in both groups on Postoperative day 0,1 and 2.Timepoint: 2 days postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of top ups of ropivacaine both groups on postoperative day 0, 1 and 2.Timepoint: 2 days postoperatively;Ropivacaine consumption (in ml) in both groups on postoperative day 0, 1 and 2.Timepoint: 2 days postoperatively