NCT03345511

Ultrasound Guided Caudal Block for Benign Anal Surgery

Ultrasound Guided Analgesic Caudal Block in Anal Canal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Antioquia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Interventional study that evaluate analgesia and side effects of Ultrasound guided Caudal block preoperatively in benign canal anal surgery

Detailed description

Postoperative pain is an important symptom in patients after benign anal canal surgery. Caudal block has been described to decrease postoperative pain in this type of surgery. Ultrasound is a tool that facilitates its performance and increases the rate of a successful block. Objective: To determine the usefulness of ultrasound guided caudal block in anesthesia and postoperative analgesia in patients scheduled for benign anal surgery. Methods : Interventional study in adult patients that received ultrasound caudal anesthetic block before benign anal surgery. The investigators evaluated analgesic efficacy of this intervention by mean of numeric rating scale ( NRS) for pain after 6, 12 and 24 hours of surgery, rescue analgesia, motor block, urinary retention, surgical conditions and patient satisfaction in postoperative period.

Conditions

• Anal Fissure
• Anal Fistula
• Hemorrhoids
• Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ultrasound Guided Caudal Block	Using an external ultrasound probe, the investigators guided a 18 gauge epidural needle into the caudal space and injected a local anesthetic solution consisting in bupivacaine 0.25%, lidocaine 1% and dexamethasone 8mg in the caudal space.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-01
• Primary completion: 2016-05-30
• Completion: 2016-06-30
• First posted: 2017-11-17
• Last updated: 2018-04-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Colombia