Erector Spinae Plane Block for Paediatric Upper Abdominal Surgery

Nazmy Edward Seif

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery; Paediatric; Analgesia; Anesthesia

Treatments: Procedure: Erector Spinae Plain Block; Procedure: Intra-Venous Analgesia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04518215

USESPBPUAS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Upper abdominal surgeries are associated with severe postoperative pain. Thus, maintaining effective postoperative analgesia in the paediatric age group is very crucial in terms of future pain perception and chronic pain development. Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) is an interfascial plane block characterized by its ease of application and low complication rates with the introduction of ultrasonography. The aim of this study is to investigate the analgesic effects of ESPB in this particular age-group.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I - II.
• Elective open upper abdominal surgeries, e.g., open cholecystectomy, splenectomy, pyeloplasty, renal cysts excision, partial or total nephrectomy.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient's next of kin refusal.
• Allergy to local anaesthetics.
• Infection at the site of injection.
• Coagulopathy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

ESPB group

Experimental group

Description:

Erector Spinae Plain Block

Treatment:

Procedure: Intra-Venous Analgesia

Procedure: Erector Spinae Plain Block

IV Analgesia group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intra-Venous Analgesia

Treatment:

Procedure: Intra-Venous Analgesia