Comparision of ANALGESIC EFFECACY OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED ABDOMINAL BLOCK WITH EPIDURAL ANALGESIA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LOWER ABDOMINAL GYNAECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients undergoing lower abdominal gynecological surgeries
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/05/005803
- Lead Sponsor
- Post Graduate Institue of Medical education research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 74
Inclusion Criteria
ASA class I or II undergoing elective total abdominal hysterectomies
Exclusion Criteria
Contraindications to epidural anesthesia (coagulopathy, local infection),History of relevant drug allergy, Uncooperative patient, Patients with BMI > 35,History of chronic pain, History of previous surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to determine the effect of transversus abdominis plane block on the quality of postoperative analgesia as assessed using visual analogue scores (VAS) both at movement (coughing) and at restTimepoint: to determine the effect of transversus abdominis plane block on the quality of postoperative analgesia as assessed using visual analogue scores (VAS) both at movement (coughing) and at rest immediately in the post operative period and then at 30min, 1,2, 4,6,12,24,and 48hrs.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Bedside pulmonary function tests using Wrights respirometer <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 2, 4, 12, 24 hours;Total epidural local anaesthetic consumption in the 1st 48 hours postoperatively.Timepoint: upto 48 hrs