Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:59 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:59 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04541732
Brief Summary:
Acute postoperative pain is an important issue after major abdominal surgeries for which different analgesic modalities have been tried.
Epidural analgesia is the recommended technique to relieve pain after major abdominal surgeries owing to the proved superior analgesia, reduction of opioid-related side effects as nausea, vomiting, pruritis and sedation, earlier recovery of bowel function and earlier ability for postoperative mobility. However, it is not without complications.
Quadratus lumborum block is an ultrasound-guided block that provides patients with both visceral and somatic blockade. It lessens the potential risks associated with neuraxial techniques, so it may represent a novel alternative approach for analgesia after major abdominal surgeries.
Detailed Description:
The aim of this study is to detect the feasibility of ultra-sound guided bilateral quadratus lumborum block as a postoperative analgesic modality after major abdominal surgery in comparison to epidural block and its effects on total rescue analgesic requirements in the 1st postoperative 24hours, time to first analgesic request, pain VAS scores, intraoperative and postoperative hemodynamics and postoperative opioid-related side effects.
Under complete aseptic conditions, the patients will receive either thoracic epidural block or bilateral ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block after induction of general anaesthesia
Study:
NCT04541732
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04541732