Gynecological laparoscopic surgery is commonly performed as an ambulatory basis for the aim of rapid discharge, reduce hospital stay with reduced costs and to improve postoperative QOR \[1,2\]. However, the creation of pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy may cause postoperative pain and other physiological changes \[3\], which could influence the postoperative QOR negatively \[4\]. Poor postoperative QOR leads to prolonged hospital stay \[5\].
Deep NMB is known to improve surgical conditions and pneumoperitoneium related complications in laparoscopic surgery \[6,7,8,9\]. However, it is unknown whether deep NMB improves postoperative QOR in ambulatory gynecological laparoscopy. Therefore, we designed a double blind randomised trial to compare the effects of deep and moderate NMB on postoperative QOR in ambulatory gynecological laparoscopic surgery. We hypothesized that deep NMB improves postoperative QOR, compared to moderate NMB. The primary outcome was postoperative QOR in POD1. The secondary outcome was quality of surgical conditions, pain scores, time to meet PACU and hospital discharge, and opioid consumption
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
80
DEEP block to PTC 1-3
MODERATE block to TOF1-2
Elite Medical Center
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Quality of recovery
Quality of recovery-40 (QoR-40) questionnaire, which includes five general quality of life dimensions: physical independence (5 items), pain (7 items), .emotional state (9 items), psychological support (7 items), and physical independence (5 items). Each item was graded with a 5-point score: none of the time, some of the time,usually, most of the time and all of the time. The total score on the QoR- 40 questionnaire ranges from 40 to 200 representing, respectively, extremely poor to excellent
Time frame: 24 hours postoperative
Postoperative pain
Visual analogue scale with its 0 to 10 score range: (0 (no pain) to 10 ( Severe pain)
Time frame: During the length of hospital stay post surgery (on average 24 hours)
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