Comparison of Regional Block, Wound Infiltration and Caudal Block for Pain Management in Children

Inguinal Hernia Clinical Trial

— RCT  

Official title:

Comparison of Regional Block, Wound Infiltration and Caudal Block for Post Operative Pain Management in Children Undergoing Inguinal Herniotomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05969613
• Other study ID #: Fnaumeri
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: King Edward Medical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Comparison of regional block, wound infiltration and caudal block for post operative pain management in participants undergoing inguinal herniotomy.

Description:

Investigators are comparing three modalities (regional block, wound infiltration and caudal block), for post operative pain management in participants after inguinal herniotomy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 2 Months to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. •Patients under 13 years of age

2. •Inguinal hernia

Exclusion Criteria:

1. •History of allergy to any drugs used in study documented on history.

2. •Infection at the site of regional, caudal or local infiltration, documented on clinical examination.

3. •Irreducible, obstructed or strangulated hernia, documented on clinical examination.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hernia, Inguinal
• Inguinal Hernia

Intervention

Procedure:
• Regional block
regional block with 0.25% Bupivacaine at a dose of 2ml/kg with adrenaline
• Wound infiltration
Infiltration of surgical site with 0.25% Bupivacaine at 0.5ml/kg dose
• Caudal block
Infiltration of caudal epidural space with 0.25% Bupivacaine at 1ml/kg dose

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Mayo Hospital	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
King Edward Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	post operative pain -FLACC Pain sacle	Post operative pain management will be calculated by use of FLACC Pain scale . An overall pain score ranging from 0 to 10.	Within 24 hours
Primary	post operative pain -Wong-Baker Faces pain scale	The scale shows a series of faces ranging from a happy face at 0, or "no hurt", to a crying face at 10, which represents "hurts like the worst pain imaginable".	Within 24 hours