Ultrasound Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block Compared to Caudal Bupivacaine/ Neostigmine in Pediatric Lower Abdominal Surgeries

Phase 4CompletedNCT04720287

Ain Shams University60 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to compare the postoperative pain control in children undergoing lower abdominal surgeries receiving QL block with those receiving caudal bupivacaine/ neostigmine.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postoperative Analgesia

Interventions

bupivacaine/ neostigmine.DRUG

will receive bilateral ultrasound guided QLB

bupivacaine/ neostigmine.DRUG

will receive ultrasound guided CB.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 15 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA) I or II. * Consent from parents or legal guardian(s). * Lower abdominal surgeries. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents' refusal or legal guardian's refusal. * Infection at the injection site. * Known allergy to bupivacaine and/or neostigmine. * Contraindications to regional anesthesia (including coagulopathy and local infection). * Anatomical anomalies at the site of the block.

Locations (1)

Ain-Shams University Hospitals

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The total amount of paracetamol doses (mg)

Time frame: 24 hours postoperatively

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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