US Guided EOI Block Versus ESPB for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Assiut University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Other: External oblique intercostal (EOI) block; Other: Erector spinae plane block (ESPB)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05272280

ABC-5-DE

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the efficacy of USG-guided bilateral External oblique intercostal (EOI) block with Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) for post-operative analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a hypothesis that both External oblique intercostal fascial plane block and Erector spinae plane block are effective in providing post-operative analgesia.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 65 years with a body mass index (BMI) of 18-35 kg/m2,
• patients with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I/II,
• Patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Exclusion criteria

• Allergy to local anaesthetics,
• Infection at the site of injection,
• Coagulopathy,
• Chronic pain syndromes,
• Prolonged opioid medication,
• Patients who received any analgesic 24 h before surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

External oblique intercostal (EOI) block

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: External oblique intercostal (EOI) block

Erector spinae plane block (ESPB)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Erector spinae plane block (ESPB)