comparison of Nerve block and local infiltration method for pain relief after kidney stone surgery
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients with renal stones
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/06/008821
- Lead Sponsor
- izams institute of medical sciences for material and infrastructural support
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
The patients enrolled were aged between 18 to 60 yrs, weighing 40 to 80kg and belonging to either gender scheduled for elective standard PCNL requiring 14/16 French nephrostomy tube at the end of procedure with single subcostal nephrostomy tract under general anesthesia. The average stone size was 2.5cm
Patients with renal stones requiring more than a single puncture with supracostal punctures, BMI >30, patients with uncontrolled diabetes& hypertension, excessive bleeding during the procedure, surgical procedure lasting more than 3 hrs duration patients with ASA grades III and IV, delayed recovery or requiring post-operative ventilation were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary aim of the study present study was to investigate the efficacy of ICNB over peritubal infiltration with 0.5% ropivacaine under fluoroscopic guidance to alleviate postoperative pain after PCNL in terms of duration of analgesiaTimepoint: every 4 hours for 24 hrs
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary end point being number of analgesic demands, patient satisfaction and any complications thereby.Timepoint: every 4 hours for 24 hrs