WithdrawnNot Applicable

TAP vs QL for Postoperative Analgesia After DIEP Free Flap Breast Reconstruction

Stopped: Study was never started as PI moved to another city

Canada0Started 2022-04

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of Transversus abdominus plane (TAP) block and Quadratus Lumborum (QL) block on the quality of recovery after breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women (age 18 years or older) who are booked for abdominally based free flap for breast reconstruction * Patients with America Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status class I, II and III Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not consenting for regional block * Patients allergic to local anesthetics and adjuvants * Patients with America Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status class IV and V * Patients with any baseline opiate consumption * Presence of infection at needle insertion site * Patients with coagulopathy (INR\>1.3) * Patients with thrombocytopenia (Platelets\<100) * Patients on therapeutic anticoagulation

What they're measuring

Quality of Recovery-15 survey

Timeframe: post-operative day #1

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05301595

SponsorOttawa Hospital Research Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-03

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