Efficacy Study of Rectus Sheath Block to Control Postoperative Pain

The Effect of Ultrasound Guided Rectus Sheath Block on Postoperative Analgesia After Laparotomy With Transverse Incision in Children

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02115087

Acronym

UGRSB

Enrollment

Registered

2014-04-15

Start date

2010-09-30

Completion date

2011-01-31

Last updated

2014-04-15

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Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Keywords

laparotomy, levobupivacaine, patient controlled analgesia

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the ultrasound guided rectus sheath block (RSB) on both intraoperative sevoflurane consumption and postoperative analgesia.

Detailed description

Prospective, randomized study.Forty patients with American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) I-II physical status, aged 3-15 years.Patients are randomly allocated into two groups and are administered general anesthesia and before the beginning of surgery ultrasound guided RSB with 0.2 ml.kg-1, 0.25% of levobupivacaine and thirty minutes before the surgery the loading dose of morphine of 0.1 mg.kg-1 intravenously are received in group RSB and group M, respectively. Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) device with 0.01 mg.kg-1 bolus dose of morphine and 30 minutes lockout interval is set up postoperatively in both groups.

Interventions

PROCEDUREultrasound guided rectus sheath block

the application of rectus sheath block with ultrasound guidance

DRUGMorphine

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

3 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ASA physical status I-II * 3-15 years of age children * Abdominal surgery including liver, gall bladder, spleen, small intestine, cecum, colon, rectum, intra-abdominal masses, umbilical, paraumbilical, and inguinal hernia with transverse incision

Exclusion criteria

* ASA physical status III and above * Parents who did not consider to participate in the study * Having systemic (septicemia, bacteremia) or local infection, bleeding and shock, predisposition for bleeding and anticoagulant therapy given, central nervous system disease, allergy to local anesthetics, severe respiratory, hepatic, and renal failure

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain Scores on the FLACC scale	Twenty-four hours	FLACC scale has been used to measure postoperative pain level in children

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026