Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
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Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult Patients of either sex, aged between 18 to 65 years, belonging to ASA physical status 1 or 2, and scheduled for elective lumbar spine decompression surgery.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating female. 2. History of bleeding diathesis or receiving anticoagulant treatment. 3. Skin infection at the site of the block area. 4. Patients with baseline cognitive deficits sufficient to make objective pain assessment unreliable. 5. Opioid-dependent or chronic analgesic abuse. 6. Patients with known allergy to amide local anaesthetic or opioid.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome of our study will be to compare postoperative pain score using Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) in GROUP RLB & GROUP ESPB.Timepoint: During the first 24 hours after surgery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To compare the time to first rescue analgesic requirement. 2. To compare total analgesic consumed during the first 24 hrs after surgery. 3. To compare the intraoperative analgesic consumption. 4. To assess patient satisfaction score using Likert’s scale of both techniques. 5. To compare the side effects of both techniques. Timepoint: During the first 24 Hours in the Postoperative period | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS Jodhpur