CONTINUOUS LOCAL ANAESTHESIA WOUND INFILTRATION VERSUS EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR ELECTIVE LAPAROTOMY IN AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NAIROBI

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201808607220790

Enrollment

Registered

2018-08-23

Start date

2018-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Digestive System Surgery Urological and Genital Diseases

Interventions

Continuous local anaesthesia wound infiltration

epidural analgesia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: patient between 18- 65 years undergoing elective laparatomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients undergoing emergency surgery Patients known to have thoraco-lumbar pathology Patients known to have coagulopathy Known bupivacaine or fentanyl hypersensitivity.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
cumulative opioid use after 72 hours	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
dynamic and static visual analogue scores at 24 and 48 hours ,time to return of bowel function, time to first ambulation and local catheter infection rates	—

Countries

Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactAbdallah Abdulkarim

Vice chair department of surgery

abdallah.abdulkarim@aku.edu+254721839112

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026