Erector Spina Plane (ESP) Block in Pediatric Patients

Ankara City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Other: Erector spina plane block; Other: local infiltration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04875390

ESP

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the erector spina plane (ESP) block method that we used in our clinic with ultrasonography in pediatric cases between 1 month and 2 years of age who underwent laparotomy.

Full description

36 patients who will undergo laparotomy between the ages of 1 month and 2 years in ASA ( American Society of Anesthesiologists) I-II class will be included in the study. patients will be divided into 2 groups. Intraoperative erector spina plane block will be applied to the 1st group (group E) and intraoperative local anesthetic infiltration will be applied to the 2nd group (group L). Postoperative pain will be evaluated with the FLACC (face, legs, activity, crying, consolation) scale.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 2 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1 month and 2 years of age
• ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) I-II class
• Patients who underwent nephrectomy, pyeloplasty, adrenal tumor excision with unilateral paramedian incision

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who underwent laparotomy with a midline incision
• Local infection at the injection site,
• Anatomical anomalies
• Allergies to local anesthetics,
• Coagulopathy,
• Liver, kidney failure patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

group E

Other group

Description:

Intraoperative Erector spina plane block ( 0.3 ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% at thoracic level 7 and 0.3 ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% bupivacaine at thoracic level 11, totaling 0.6 ml/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine) will be performed after the surgery is completed.

Treatment:

Other: Erector spina plane block

group L

Other group

Description:

Intraoperative local infiltration (0.6 ml/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine will be given to the wound lips at the end of the surgery.

Treatment:

Other: local infiltration