Quadratus Lumborum Nerve Blocks for Myomectomies

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2020-06-08
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study would like to compare the use of the current standard of care in pain management for patients undergoing laparoscopic myomectomies to the addition of a quadratus lumborum nerve block plus the standard of care. Patients will be consented and the nerve blocks will be placed after the patients are placed under general anesthesia. Standard pain management will continue regardless of which arm of the study patients are in and measurements of pain scores, narcotic usage and abdominal numbness will be assessed in the post-operative period.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1-2,

• Female,

• greater than or equal to 18 years of age,

• undergoing laparoscopic myomectomy surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of chronic pain requiring preoperative opioids,

• congenital coagulopathy,

• anatomic abnormalities,

• localized soft tissue infection,

• use of anticoagulants,

• unable to comprehend pain scoring system,

• severely obese (BMI > 35)