Comparison of Regional Block, Wound Infiltration and Caudal Block for Pain Management in Children (RCT)

King Edward Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: Regional block; Procedure: Wound infiltration; Procedure: Caudal block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05969613

Fnaumeri

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of regional block, wound infiltration and caudal block for post operative pain management in participants undergoing inguinal herniotomy.

Full description

Investigators are comparing three modalities (regional block, wound infiltration and caudal block), for post operative pain management in participants after inguinal herniotomy.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 months to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. •Patients under 13 years of age
2. •Inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

1. •History of allergy to any drugs used in study documented on history.
2. •Infection at the site of regional, caudal or local infiltration, documented on clinical examination.
3. •Irreducible, obstructed or strangulated hernia, documented on clinical examination.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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2 participants in 3 patient groups

Regional Block

Experimental group

Description:

Bupivacaine 0.25%

Treatment:

Procedure: Regional block

Wound infilteration

Active Comparator group

Description:

Bupivacaine 0.25%

Treatment:

Procedure: Wound infiltration

caudal block

Active Comparator group

Description:

Bupivacaine 0.25%

Treatment:

Procedure: Caudal block