Surgical trauma activates numerous receptors leading to severe postoperative pain. Seventy to seventy-five percent of the pain is somatic, originating from the anterior abdominal wall, and it often persists for 72 hours after open surgery. The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of adding dexmedetomidine to Levobupivacaine in rectus sheath block with quadrates lumborum block in patients undergoing lower abdominal cancer surgeries.
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pain intensity
Timeframe: 24 hours
Kerollos Ibrahim Gayed Ibrahim, resident doctor