A study to assess pain after surgery to abdomen using pain injection given to abdomen

A prospective randomised controlled clinical study for assessing postoperative analgesia using transverse abdominis plane block for lower abdominal surgeries - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2024/01/061463

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-15

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-22

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Transverse abdominis plane block using Ropivacaine: Administering the study drug 10ml 0.2% Ropivacaine via transverse abdominis plane for patients undergoing elective lower abdominal s

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA grade 1 and 2 patients Elective lower abdominal surgeries like inguinal hernia, incisional hernia, appendicectomy, under spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients refusal to the procedure Any contraindications for regional anaesthesia techniques like infection at site of injection Coagulation disorder Use of opioids or alpha 2 agonist for sedation , pre medication or post operative analgesia Incision extended to upper abdomen

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of analgesia after surgery at 2,4, 6,12 and 24 hours buy using VAS score Duration of post operative analgesiaTimepoint: 24 hours	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Total rescue analgesia required in the first 24 hoursTimepoint: 24 hours	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAshwini J Shettigar

Mysore Medical College and research institute

drhgmanjunath@hotmail.com9448054368

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026