Local Anesthetic Injection Into Both Angles of the Rectus Sheath Incision

Efficacy of Local Anesthetic Injection Into Both Angles of the Rectus Sheath Incision for Postoperative Cesarean Delivery Analgesia.

Status

Completed

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02285491

Enrollment

225

Registered

2014-11-07

Start date

2014-11-30

Completion date

2015-11-30

Last updated

2016-02-09

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Conditions

Postoperative Cesarean Delivery Pain

Brief summary

Local anesthetic will be injected into both angles of the rectus sheath incision in an attempt to block sensory nerves in this area that cause the sensation of pain from lscs wound.

Interventions

DRUG10ml of bupivacaine 0.5%

This is a local anesthetic that will be used to block the ilioinguinal nerve to alleviate pain at the wound site after lscs

DRUGPlacebo

10 ml of saline will be injected as a placebo and the investigator and the patient and the data assessor are all blinded to what the patients received.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* patients booked for lscs * primisection * singleton pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

* emergency cesarean section * bleeding tendency * hypersensitivity to local anesthetic

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain assessment during rest and ambulation by visual analogue scale	for 24 hours after lscs

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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