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A study to compare the post operative pain relief in patients undergoing gall bladder surgery, provided by injecting local anaesthetic drugs at two different sites.

Comparison of analgesic efficacy of ultrasound guided external oblique intercostal plane block and subcostal transverse abdominis plane block in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy A double blinded randomised interventional trial - Nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/08/092497
Enrollment
38
Registered
2025-08-06
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: External oblique intercostal plane block: Ultrasound guided bilateral external oblique intercostal block using 20 ml of 0.25% ropivacaine Control Intervention1: Subcostal plane block:

Sponsors

nil
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: American Society of Association 1 and 2 Patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients undergoing emergency surgeries,Revision or re-do surgeries, patients with allergy to local anaesthetics, patients with coagulation disorders and patients undergoing surgery due to infectious causes will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the analgesic efficacy of subcostal transverse abdominis plane block and external oblique intercostal plane block in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. To compare the time for the first request of rescue analgesia post operatively between the two groups.Timepoint: To compare the time for the first request of rescue analgesia post operatively between the two groups.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Total opioid consumption between the two groups 2. Comparison of pain scores & postoperative comfort scores between the two groups.Timepoint: 1. In the first 24 hours after surgery. 2. At 0,4,8,12,24 hours—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAswini L

Esic Medical College and Hospital

aswinijipmer@gmail.com9442011352

Outcome results

None listed

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