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Quadratus Lumborum in Cesarean Section Trial

NCT03673280 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2025-02-12

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Summary

Postoperative pain of a caesarean section may be of high intensity, especially in the first 48 hours after the procedure, which affects the mother / newborn relationship, in addition to having the potential to progress to chronic pain. The use of intrathecal morphine is effective in post-caesarean analgesia, but carries unwanted side effects, including nausea, vomiting, urinary retention and pruritus. Therefore, alternative techniques of analgesia become necessary.

First described in 2007, ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum (QL) block has gained prominence due to its analgesic superiority to the TAP block. Besides providing somatic analgesia, it also seems to inhibit visceral pain because the local anesthetic reaches the paravertebral space, this was observed by magnetic resonance imaging with contrast medium injected at the QL block site.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Analgesia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Quadratus Lumborum Block

Instead of using morphine in the classical spinal anaesthesia we will be performing in the experimental group the Quadratus Lumborum Block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hermann S Fernandes, MD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-02
Primary Completion
2020-02-25
Completion
2024-07-01

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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