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Surgical repair of the hip can be extremely painful and is associated with considerable postoperative pain in children despite the use of systemic opioids. These patients may benefit from neuraxial analgesia in adjunction with general anesthesia.


Clinical Trial Description

Regional anesthetic techniques have been widely used for pain management in a variety of pediatric surgeries, as they increase the efficiency of postoperative pain control; minimize parenteral opioid requirements, and improve both patient and parent satisfaction as well. The erector spinae muscle plane block (ESB) is an evolving regional anesthetic technique gaining popularity in pediatric procedures. Erector spinae block is an effective regional anesthesia method as it blocks both somatic and visceral pain by injecting the local anesthetic solution into the inter-fascial space between the transverse process and the erector spinae muscle, it is performed by distributing local anesthetic into several paravertebral spaces. it was reported a successful ultrasound-guided ESP block performed at the L4 transverse process level provided postoperative analgesia in adult patients undergoing hip and proximal femur surgeries. Caudal block (CB) is a well-established remarkable practice because of its simplicity, safety, and effectiveness. A single-shot caudal block with a local anesthetic agent, such as bupivacaine, is a standard procedure, and analgesia is provided during pediatric orthopedic surgeries in the lower limbs; unfortunately, its action stops early in the postoperative period. ;


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NCT number NCT05832671
Study type Interventional
Source Assiut University
Contact Shimaa A Hassan, M.D.
Phone 002-01002953253
Email Shimaa.abbas@med.aun.edu.eg
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date May 2023
Completion date June 2024

See also
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