Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Caudal Block and Ultrasound Guided Pericapsular Nerve Group Block… (NCT04336085) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Caudal Block and Ultrasound Guided Pericapsular Nerve Group Block for Pediatric Hip Surgery
Egypt60 participantsStarted 2020-04-15
Plain-language summary
Surgical repair of the hip can be extremely painful and is associated with considerable postoperative pain in children despite the use of systemic opioids. These patients may benefit from neuraxial analgesia in adjunction with general anesthesia. The reported advantages of this technique include decreased opiate exposure, decreased time in the post-anesthesia recovery room, decreased hospital stay, reduce the post-operative morbidity, provide early mobilization. Ultrasound guided caudal block has many advantages as it is helpful for visualization of the sacral hiatus, sacrococcygeal ligament, epidural space and the distribution of the local anesthetic agent within the epidural space. So, the success rate of caudal block is increase .
Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block has been recently recommended by Girón-Arango et al. for use as postoperative analgesia in hip surgeries (8) It is a new regional anesthesia method in the region between the anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) and ilio-pubic eminence
Who can participate
Age range
1 Year – 6 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 1- American Society of Anaestheologists physical activity class I and II. 2-aged between 1 year to 6 years. 3- undergoing pediatric elective hip surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
* 1-Children with severe systemic disease with American Society of Anaestheologists physical activity class III or IV.
2-children with previous neurological or spinal disorders. 3-coagulation disorder. 4-infection at the block injection site. 5-history of allergy to local anesthetics. 6-bilateral hip surgery.
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What they're measuring
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Total doses of postoperative analgesic requirement