Ultrasound-Guided QL Block Versus TAP Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries

Sohag University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Ultrasound-Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients; Procedure: Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06978179

Soh-Med--25-4-01MS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to compare the efficacy of ultrasound-guided QL block and TAP block for postoperative pain management following lower abdominal surgeries.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged from 18 to 65 years old.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I - II.
• Patients scheduled for elective lower abdominal surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient refusal.
• Patients with BMI (body mass index) > 35 kg.m-2 , [morbid obesity].
• Patients with significant neurological, psychatric or neuromascular disease.
• Patients had local skin infection at the block injection site.
• Patients who operated under epidural and patient-controlled analgesia [PCA].
• Sensitivity to prescribed analgesia.
• Coagulopathies or those who had uncontrolled chronic medical disease [e.g. diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or cardiac diseases].

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

US Guided QL Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group ( 1 ) QLB "Type III": Patients will receive QLB performedwith20ml of diluted bupivacaine 0.25% on each side.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultrasound-Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients

US Guided TAP Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group ( 2 ) TAP: Patients will receive TAP block performed with 20ml of diluted bupivacaine 0.25% on each side.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients