Efficacy of Caudal Block on Intra-operative Anal Sphincter Muscle Tone and Post-operative Analgesia During Anal Sphincter Sparing Procedures Under General Anaesthesia

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

upplementing general anaesthesia with caudal analgesia in sphincter sparing procedures might be useful as it will provide a satisfactory combination of sphincter muscle tone preservation, good intraoperative and postoperative analgesia along with a reduction in the consumption of opioids and anaesthetic drugs. To the best of our knowledge, this anaesthetic technique was not tested in sphincter sparing procedures before.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Kasr El Aini Hospital
• Treatments: Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• with complex anal fistula -

Exclusion Criteria:

• known hypersensitivity to amide type local anesthetics, contraindications to caudal block such as use of anticoagulant medication, local infection in the intervention site, increased intracranial pressure, severe aortic and / or mitral valve stenosis, and ischemic hypertrophic sub aortic stenosis, along with BMI (Body mass index) > 35 kg/m2 , anatomical abnormalities or previous surgeries involving the sacrum.