Ultrasound Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block Compared to Caudal Bupivacaine/ Neostigmine in Pediatric Lower Abdominal Surgeries

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-04-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the postoperative pain control in children undergoing lower abdominal surgeries receiving QL block with those receiving caudal bupivacaine/ neostigmine.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Neostigmine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA) I or II.

• Consent from parents or legal guardian(s).

• Lower abdominal surgeries.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parents' refusal or legal guardian's refusal.

• Infection at the injection site.

• Known allergy to bupivacaine and/or neostigmine.

• Contraindications to regional anesthesia (including coagulopathy and local infection).

• Anatomical anomalies at the site of the block.