Comparison of Regional Block, Wound Infiltration and Caudal Block for Pain Management in Children

Comparison of Regional Block, Wound Infiltration and Caudal Block for Post Operative Pain Management in Children Undergoing Inguinal Herniotomy

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05969613

Acronym

RCT

Enrollment

Registered

2023-08-01

Start date

2019-04-01

Completion date

2020-06-01

Last updated

2023-08-01

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Conditions

Inguinal Hernia

Brief summary

Comparison of regional block, wound infiltration and caudal block for post operative pain management in participants undergoing inguinal herniotomy.

Detailed description

Investigators are comparing three modalities (regional block, wound infiltration and caudal block), for post operative pain management in participants after inguinal herniotomy.

Interventions

PROCEDURERegional block

regional block with 0.25% Bupivacaine at a dose of 2ml/kg with adrenaline

PROCEDUREWound infiltration

Infiltration of surgical site with 0.25% Bupivacaine at 0.5ml/kg dose

PROCEDURECaudal block

Infiltration of caudal epidural space with 0.25% Bupivacaine at 1ml/kg dose

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Months to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. •Patients under 13 years of age 2. •Inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

1. •History of allergy to any drugs used in study documented on history. 2. •Infection at the site of regional, caudal or local infiltration, documented on clinical examination. 3. •Irreducible, obstructed or strangulated hernia, documented on clinical examination.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
post operative pain -FLACC Pain sacle	Within 24 hours	Post operative pain management will be calculated by use of FLACC Pain scale . An overall pain score ranging from 0 to 10.
post operative pain -Wong-Baker Faces pain scale	Within 24 hours	The scale shows a series of faces ranging from a happy face at 0, or no hurt, to a crying face at 10, which represents hurts like the worst pain imaginable.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

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