Ultrasound-Guided Intercostal Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Relief in Percutaneous Nephrolitotomy

Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nerve Block, Intercostal Nerve

Treatments: Other: İntercostal nerve block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01549405

Diskapi

Details and patient eligibility

About

Percutaneous nephrolitotomy (PCNL)is an endourological procedure for the management of patients with renal calculi. Postoperative pain around the surgical area and the nephrostomy tube can being a problem. We hypothesized that intercostal nerve block at 11th and 12th rib level would alleviate postoperative pain and reduce analgesic consumption.

Full description

Patients admitted for the removal of renal stones by PCNL will included in this study.Primary outcome measure will be analgesic (tramadol )consumption and visual analog scale (VAS).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted for the removal of renal stones by percutaneous
• nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
• ASA I-II status

Exclusion criteria

• Respiratory or cardiac disfunction
• Neuropathy
• Coagulopathy
• BMI (Body mass index)over 30

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group: Group that without intercostal nerve block

nerve block

Experimental group

Description:

Group that performing intercostal block

Treatment:

Other: İntercostal nerve block