Health Condition 1: null- patients with renal stones
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: intercostal nerve block at 10,11 and 12th intercostal spaces: intercostal nerve block at 10,11 and 12th intercostal spaces with 5ml of 0.5% ropivacaine under fluroscopic guidance. singl
Sponsors
Nizams institute of medical sciences for material and infrastructural support
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patients enrolled were aged between 18 to 60 yrs, weighing 40 to 80kg and belonging to either gender scheduled for elective standard PCNL requiring 14/16 French nephrostomy tube at the end of procedure with single subcostal nephrostomy tract under general anesthesia. The average stone size was 2.5cm
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with renal stones requiring more than a single puncture with supracostal punctures, BMI >30, patients with uncontrolled diabetes& hypertension, excessive bleeding during the procedure, surgical procedure lasting more than 3 hrs duration patients with ASA grades III and IV, delayed recovery or requiring post-operative ventilation were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary aim of the study present study was to investigate the efficacy of ICNB over peritubal infiltration with 0.5% ropivacaine under fluoroscopic guidance to alleviate postoperative pain after PCNL in terms of duration of analgesiaTimepoint: every 4 hours for 24 hrs | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary end point being number of analgesic demands, patient satisfaction and any complications thereby.Timepoint: every 4 hours for 24 hrs | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Nirmala Jonnavithula
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences Panjagutta
Outcome results
None listed