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Ultrasound-guided intertransverse process block versus paravertebral block for analgesia after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial

Ultrasound-guided intertransverse process block versus paravertebral block for analgesia after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202505697057140
Enrollment
54
Registered
2025-05-14
Start date
2025-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Surgery Anaesthesia

Interventions

Ultrasound guided intertransverse process block
paravertebral block

Sponsors

Mansoura University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status grade I and grade II. 2. Patients undergoing unilateral laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair 3. Age between 19 and 80 years. 4. Both sexes.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient refusal. 2. Patient’s age below 18 years and above 80 3. ASA physical status greater than 2 4. Scrotal hernias 5. Recurrent hernias or urgency. 6. Hematological diseases, bleeding or coagulation abnormality. 7. Psychiatric diseases. 8. Local skin infection and sepsis at site of the block. 9. Known intolerance to the study drugs. 10. Body Mass Index > 40 Kg/m2. 11. Severe cardiovascular diseases 12. Urgent procedures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The total dose of morphine consumption in the first postoperative 24 hours.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
? Postoperative pain score at rest and at movement that will be assessed by VAS score. ? Level of sensory blockade ? Time of first request of analgesic (min). ? Intraoperative and postoperative hemodynamic changes (mean blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation). ? Adverse effects such as pneumothorax, postoperative nausea and vomiting, hematoma and other complications

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactNabil Abdelrouf

Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt

nabil-abdelraouf@yahoo.com01001538648

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026