Quadratus Lumborum Block for Percutaneous Nephrostomy

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2014-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is one of the interventions in the radiology department in which pain control is necessary. Quadratus Lumborum (QL) block will be tried to limit the use of systemic analgesics and its accompanying untoward effects in those frail patients requiring PCN that is performed in the prone position.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute, Egypt
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Fentanyl; Levobupivacaine; Lidocaine; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. ASA grade III and IV patients,

2. Ureteral obstruction due to malignancy or secondary to urinary diversion after cystectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Bleeding diathesis; INR more than than 1.5 and platelet count less than 100,000/mm3.

2. Untreated urinary tract infection;

3. Pre-operative haemoglobin <10 gm/dl,

4. Severely co morbid patients

5. Non-dilated renal collecting system

6. Patient refusal to consent for the procedure.