NCT01549405

Ultrasound-Guided Intercostal Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Relief in Percutaneous Nephrolitotomy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Percutaneous nephrolitotomy (PCNL)is an endourological procedure for the management of patients with renal calculi. Postoperative pain around the surgical area and the nephrostomy tube can being a problem. We hypothesized that intercostal nerve block at 11th and 12th rib level would alleviate postoperative pain and reduce analgesic consumption.

Detailed description

Patients admitted for the removal of renal stones by PCNL will included in this study.Primary outcome measure will be analgesic (tramadol )consumption and visual analog scale (VAS).

Conditions

• Nerve Block, Intercostal Nerve

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	İntercostal nerve block	Nerve block group was administered two levels intercostal block (11 and 12th ribs) with 0.5% bupivacaine with epinephrine before surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-08-01
• Completion: 2012-08-01
• First posted: 2012-03-09
• Last updated: 2013-04-02
• Results posted: 2013-04-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)