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- Clinical Trial NCT04266132
Ultrasound Guided Retrolaminar Block for Pediatric Inguinal Hernia
May 17, 2020 updated by: Mahmoud Mohammed Alseoudy
Ultrasound Guided Retrolaminar Block Versus Ilioinguinal Nerve Block for Surgery of Inguinal Hernia in Children
Regional analgesia for inguinal hernia repair in children has attracted increasing interest and different techniques like Caudal block, lumbar epidural block, wound infiltration, Ilio-inguinal nerve block and paravertebral block have been used with varying success.
Ilio-inguinal nerve blockade has been widely used in this context but the duration of the block is also limited to the early postoperative period.
Paravertebral blockade has been shown to produce long lasting postoperative analgesia when used in combination with general anaesthesia in paediatric herniorrhaphy .
Ultrasound-guided retrolaminar block is one of the newer and technically simpler alternatives to the traditional PV block .
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy and safety of ultrasound guided retrolaminar block(RLB) as an analgesic technique in surgery of pediatric inguinal hernia in comparison with with ilioinguinal nerve block(INB).
It is hypothesized that RLB block will provide longer duration of postoperative analgesia than INB with few side effects.
Study Overview
Status
Unknown
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Regional analgesia for inguinal hernia repair in children has attracted increasing interest over the past few years.
Caudal block, lumbar epidural block and wound infiltration using a variety of local anesthetic drugs and adjuncts have been used with varying success.
Ilio-inguinal nerve blockade has been widely used in this context and despite being generally safe, complications may occurr.
The duration of ilio-inguinal nerve block is also limited to the early postoperative period.
Paravertebral blockade has been shown to produce long lasting postoperative analgesia when used in combination with general anaesthesia in paediatric herniorrhaphy, and has also been proposed as an alternative to general anaesthesia in adult inguinal hernia repair.
Ultrasound-guided retrolaminar block is one of the newer and technically simpler alternatives to the traditional PV block.
The first case report of a landmark lamina technique was followed by a study in mastectomy patients where this "blind" technique was used to inject local anesthetic between the thoracic laminae and the deep paraspinous muscles.
This technique would logically decrease the chances of pleural injury, while the risk of inadvertent neuraxial injection remains.
ultrasound guidance has improved the lamina technique, defining the site of injection as "retrolaminar" by real-time sonographic identification of the lamina and the needle tip-lamina contact, thus minimizing the risk of epidural injection associated with the blind technique.
This was immediately followed by a report by the same group describing their first experiences with the retrolaminar technique in patients with multiple rib fractures.To our knowledge, no studies have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of ultrasound guided retro-laminar block in pediatric patients.
Therefore, this study will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of retrolaminar block and compare it with the ilioinguinal nerve block in pediatric patients undergoing unilateral inguinal hernia repair.
The study will include 60 patients who will be scheduled for elective outpatient inguinal herniorrhaphy.
Patients will be randomly allocated using computer generated random numbers to one of two treatment groups: ultrasound guided ilio-inguinal nerve block (INB Group, n =30) or ultrasound guided retrolaminar block (RLB Group, n =30) using the sealed opaque envelope technique.
The eligible patients for this study will be preoperatively evaluated regarding their medical history, clinical examination, laboratory results (complete blood picture, coagulation profile).
The day before the surgery, the study protocol will be explained to parents of all patients in the study who will be kept fasting prior to surgery.
General anaesthesia will be induced with 8% sevoflurane in oxygen via a facemask.
After establishing venous access, a laryngeal mask will be placed and anaesthesia was maintained with 1 MAC sevoflurane and oxygen.
Intraoperative monitoring included ECG, heart rate, pulse oximetry, non-invasive blood pressure and end tidal carbon dioxide concentration.During the operation, any haemodynamic changes in excess of 15% from baseline values resulted in a step-wise increase or decrease of the sevoflurane concentration.
0.3 ml.kg of 0.25% bupivacaine will be injected at the level of L1 lamina in RLB group.
0.3 ml.kg of 0.25% bupivacaine will be injected between the transversus abdominis and internal oblique toward the ilioinguinal nerve in INB group.
Systolic blood pressure and heart rate will be recorded immediately prior to skin incision (baseline), 60 s after skin incision, during sac traction and on closure of the wound.
Pain levels will be assessed post operatively using FLACC (face, legs, activity, cry, consolability) scale at 30 minutes and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24 hours by trained nurses and second anesthesist who will be blinded to group allocation.
When the FLACC score is more than 2 and less than or equal to 5, 15 mg/kg acetaminophen IV will be administered.
When the FLACC score is more than 5, 0.5μg/kg fentanyl IV will be coadministered with acetaminophen in the recovery room.
Parents will be informed about the pain evaluation, and when patients have pain at home, parents will give 7 mg/kg oral ibuprofen.
The anesthesiologist will record data received from the parents over the phone.
Parental satisfaction after surgery will be recorded.
Satisfaction levels of the parents will be given verbally as a level from 1 to 10, with the lowest level of satisfaction at a value of 1 and the highest level at 10.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
60
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Mahmoud M Alseoudy, MD
- Phone Number: +201006224551
- Email: drs3ody.mansora@yahoo.com
Study Locations
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Mansoura, Egypt
- Recruiting
- Mansoura University Children Hospital
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Contact:
- Mahmoud M Alseoudy, MD
- Phone Number: 01006224551
- Email: drs3ody.mansoura@yahoo.com
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
2 years to 6 years (Child)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status: 1 or 2 .
- Unilateral inguinal hernia
Exclusion Criteria:
•spinal abnormality
- bilateral inguinal hernia repair
- Bleeding or coagulation diathesis.
- History of known sensitivity to the used anesthetics.
- Parental refusal of consent.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Retrolamianar block (RLB)
General anaesthesia will be induced.Ultrasound-guided RLB will be performed under strict aseptic precautions with patient in the lateral position.The anesthetic solution will be injected.
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General anaesthesia will be induced with 8% sevoflurane in oxygen and maintained with 1 MAC sevoflurane via a laryngeal mask.
The suggested ultrasound transducer orientation is sagittal paramedian (cephalacaudad direction).
We begin our ultrasound scanning in a paramedian sagittal plane by finding desired level (T12- L1).The transverse process view, the costotransverse ligament can be visualized above the paravertebral space.
Continuing to scan from lateral to medial, the vertebral laminae come into view.
0.3 ml.kg of 0.25% bupivacaine will be injected under visualization.
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Active Comparator: Ilioinguinal nerve block (INB)
General anaesthesia will be induced.
Ultrasound-guided INB will be performed under strict aseptic precautions with patient in the supine position.The anesthetic solution will be injected.
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General anaesthesia will be induced with 8% sevoflurane in oxygen and maintained with 1 MAC sevoflurane via a laryngeal mask.
0.3 ml.kg of 0.25% bupivacaine will be injected under visualization.
A high-frequency probe is placed medial to the anterior superior iliac spine with the axis facing the umbilicus.
A needle is inserted toward the ilioinguinal nerve as it runs between the transversus abdominis and internal oblique.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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First analgesic request
Time Frame: [Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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The time of the first analgesic request will be recorded.
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[Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Improvement in pain score
Time Frame: [Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Pain levels will be assessed post operatively using FLACC (face, legs, activity, cry, consolability) scale at 30 minutes and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24 hours
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[Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Levels of parental satisfaction after surgery
Time Frame: .[Time Frame: Up to 24hours after the procedure]
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Satisfaction levels of the parents will be given verbally as a level from 1 to 10, with the lowest level of satisfaction at a value of 1 and the highest level at 10
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.[Time Frame: Up to 24hours after the procedure]
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Incidence of adverse effects
Time Frame: [Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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nausea, vomiting, hematoma, or allergic reactions will be recorded
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[Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Changes in heart rate
Time Frame: [Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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heart rate will be recorded immediately prior to skin incision (baseline), 60 s after skin incision, during sac traction and on closure of the wound
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[Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Changes in systolic blood pressure
Time Frame: [Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Systolic blood pressure will be recorded immediately prior to skin incision (baseline), 60 s after skin incision, during sac traction and on closure of the wound
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[Time Frame: Up to 24 hours after the procedure]
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mahmoud M Alseoudy, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
May 17, 2020
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
October 15, 2020
Study Completion (Anticipated)
November 20, 2020
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
February 10, 2020
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 10, 2020
First Posted (Actual)
February 12, 2020
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
May 19, 2020
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
May 17, 2020
Last Verified
May 1, 2020
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- R.20.01.718
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
No
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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