A study to find out if giving pain medication through small tubes placed under lower belly muscle is as good as giving pain medicine through tube placed in the lower back after belly operation .
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- All ASA 1 and 2 patients of age 18-70 years posted for lower abdominal surgeries with incision at or below the level of umbilicus
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
ASA 1 and 2 patients posted for lower abdominal surgeries with incision at and below the level of umbilicus
Exclusion Criteria
Contraindications to regional anaesthesia (coagulopathy and patient refusal), Renal or hepatic derangement, Known hypersensitivity to drugs used, Pregnancy, Abdominal wall abscess,Obese patients (BMI > 35)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analogue score at rest and on coughingTimepoint: 1,4,8,12 and 24 hrs after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of hypotension taken as systolic fall in BP of more than 20% of baseline valueTimepoint: During the period of 24 hrs after surgery;Patients satisfaction scale using Likerts scaleTimepoint: At the end of 24 hrs;Post operative nausea and vomitingTimepoint: During 24 hrs after surgery;Rescue morphine dose requirementTimepoint: During the period of 24 hrs after surgery;Sensory dermatome block by pin prick and cold perceptionTimepoint: 1,4,8,12,24 hours