External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block for Patients Undergoing Upper Abdominal Surgeries (EOINB)

Menoufia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post Operative Pain

Treatments: Other: US-guided external oblique intercostal block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06514417

7/2023ANET12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ithe study will evaluate the analgesic efficacy of external oblique intercostal block for patients undergoing upper abdominal surgeries

Full description

Patients will be randomly divided into two equal groups using SPSS. Group A: will receive US-guided external oblique intercostal block after induction Group B: will receive postoperative morphine on patient request. Study design: prospective controlled randomized study.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Selected patients will be more than 21 years old with ASA physical status I & II scheduled for upper abdominal surgeries

Exclusion criteria

Uncooperative patients.

• Patients who have allergy to any of the used drugs.
• Patients who are on opioids.
• Known abuse of alcohol or medication.
• Local infection at the site of injection or systemic infection.
• Pregnancy
• Patients with coagulation disorders or on anticoagulation therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

external oblique intercostal block

Active Comparator group

Description:

receive US-guided external oblique intercostal block after induction

Treatment:

Other: US-guided external oblique intercostal block

No block

No Intervention group

Description:

receive postoperative morphine on patient request