Two ultrasound guided techniques to give postoperative pain relief to the patients following abdominal surgeries would be compared using scoring systems for pain relief and scientific methods. while one technique is routinely used, other i.e quadratus lumborum has been recently described and relies on posterior deposition of the drug. Both the techniques are safe and ultrasound imaging is to be used for guidance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
The intervention consists of giving ultrasound guided local anaesthetic (0.125% bupivacaine ) in the quadratus lumborum plane or the transversus abdominis plane after randomization. These planes and technique for these procedures are well described in literature.
PGIMER
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
pain relief following abdominal surgery. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) would be used to record pain at rest. In this patient is asked to describe his/her pain on a scale from 0-10.
Time frame: 24 hrs
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