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Analgesia for Laparotomy in Cancer Patients: Quadratus Lumborum Block

NCT03328390 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2017-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Regional anesthesia of the abdomen significantly reduce postoperative pain, spare the systemic opioids and decrease postoperative nausea and vomiting. Multiple regional techniques can be performed at the neuro-axis (epidural), the nerve root (paravertebral) and the peripheral nerve (transversus abdominis plane).

Quadratus lumborum (QL) block is an addition into the league of truncal nerve block techniques that has been found to provide analgesia for abdominal surgeries. Several case reports have shown that local anesthetic injection around the quadratus lumborum muscle is effective in providing pain relief after various abdominal operations and in patients with chronic pain.

The study hypothesis is that quadratus lumborum block in single shot may be more superior to transversus abdominus plane block as regard intra-operative and the post-operative analgesia.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Quadratus lumborum block

15 ml of 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine + 10 ml saline + 50 micro gram dexmedetomidine + epinephrine (1:100,000) for each side.

OTHER

Transversus abdominis plane block

15 ml of 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine + 10 ml of saline + 50 micro gram dexmedetomidine + epinephrine (1:100,000) for each side.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alaa Mazy

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-12
Primary Completion
2017-07-15
Completion
2017-07-15

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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