Local Anesthetic Injection Into Both Angles of the Rectus Sheath Incision

Ain Shams Maternity Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Postoperative Cesarean Delivery Pain

Treatments: Drug: Placebo; Drug: 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5%

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02285491

els7680

Details and patient eligibility

About

Local anesthetic will be injected into both angles of the rectus sheath incision in an attempt to block sensory nerves in this area that cause the sensation of pain from lscs wound.

Enrollment: 225 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients booked for lscs
• primisection
• singleton pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

• emergency cesarean section
• bleeding tendency
• hypersensitivity to local anesthetic

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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225 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

bupivacaine group

Experimental group

Description:

This is the group of patients that will receive 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% injection in both angles of the rectus sheath incision

Treatment:

Drug: 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5%

saline group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive saline injections as placebo into both angles of the rectus sheath incision

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo

bupivacaine and saline group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive saline injection in one angle and 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5% injection in the opposite angle.

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo

Drug: 10ml of bupivacaine 0.5%