Laparoscopic Combined Hypo Gastric Neural Plexus Block and Uterosacral Nerve Block for Patients With Chronic Idiopathic Pelvic Pain

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-09-26
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Often the etiology of chronic pelvic pain is not clear, as there are many disorders of the reproductive tract, gastrointestinal system, urological organs, musculoskeletal system, and psych neurological system that may be associated with chronic pelvic pain.

An effective treatment for this condition has evaded the medical profession for centuries. Even today only 20-25% patients respond to conservative management.5 When such treatment fails, a diagnostic laparoscopy is performed.1, 3, 6 the cause of the pain is not always obvious as no pathology is seen in 40-60% of the cases.1

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Age 18 to 50 years old.

• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA-PS) I and II Patients.

• Sex: female.

• Patients scheduled for elective laparoscopy for diagnosis of the cause of chronic pelvic pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Patient refusal.

• Patients on chronic pain medications.

• ASA III or worse clinical condition.

• Intra-abdominal infection.

• Allergy to any of the study medications.