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Quality of Recovery After Quadratus Lumborum Block for Cesarean Section.

Quality of Recovery After Quadratus Lumborum Block for Cesarean Section: A Prospective Pilot Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03516786
Enrollment
25
Registered
2018-05-04
Start date
2018-04-01
Completion date
2019-10-01
Last updated
2020-09-16

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Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Brief summary

The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the recovery after cesarean section in patients who will receive Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) as a part of multimodal analgesia using Postoperative quality of recovery scale.

Detailed description

Several researchers had evaluated the effectiveness of QLB in controlling postoperative pain in different patient populations. In these studies, the effectiveness of the QLB was mainly assessed by postoperative pain scores and analgesia consumption, rather than adapting any of the more comprehensive recovery scales . Postoperative quality of recovery scale (PostopQRS) is a relatively new recovery score, which was first published on 2010, and was designed to be a tool for assessment of multiple domains in recovery. In this assessment tool, recovery was defined as return to the pre-surgery base line scores or better. The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the recovery after cesarean section in patients who will receive Quadratus Lumborum Block QLB as a part of multimodal analgesia using Postoperative quality of recovery scale.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Corniche Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status II, normal singleton pregnancy, 37 weeks gestation or more Scheduled for elective cesarean section

Exclusion criteria

* Patients refusing spinal * Patients with BMI \>35 kg/m2). * Expected difficult surgery (\> 3 previous sections, abnormal placentation, prolonged surgery more than 2 hours from skin to end) and Estimated Blood Loss more than 1500). * Expected difficult spinal anesthesia. * Abnormal coagulation and other contraindications for spinal anesthesia and/or QLB * Patient with chronic pain. * Patient treated from psychosis. * Patients with communication, language barriers .

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
change from baseline postoperative quality of recovery score72 hoursDomains of postoperative recovery score are : 1. The physiologic domain . 2. The nociceptive domain 3. The emotive domain . 4. Activities of daily living 5. Cognitive domain 6. Over all patients perspective domain

Countries

United Arab Emirates

Outcome results

None listed

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