NCT03167047

Post-operative Pain Relief for Paediatric Inguinal-Scrotal Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Dr Kumarvel Veerappan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Two methods of pain control in children undergoing surgery on the groin and scrotum are caudal injection (a form of epidural) with local anaesthetic, and a regional nerve block (an injection of local anaesthetic around the nerves supplying the area). A pilot study at our hospital showed a significant decrease in post-operative pain and nausea and vomiting in these two methods when compared to intravenous morphine and local anaesthetic to the wound. One potential side effect from caudal injections is temporarily decreased motor power in the legs due to the local anaesthetic - it is thought that this might be overcome using a more dilute solution of local anaesthetic along with clonidine. This study is to demonstrate that this method is as effective as the use of a regional nerve block.

Conditions

• Hernia, Inguinal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Caudal block	Caudal epidural
PROCEDURE	Nerve Block	Peripheral nerve block
DRUG	Standarising intraoperative pain relief	All patients will receive a standarised dose of paracetamol 15mg/kg and fentanyl 2mcg/kg.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-30
• Completion: 2017-08-30
• First posted: 2017-05-25
• Last updated: 2017-05-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom