Analgesic Efficacy After Umbilical Hernia Repair in Children
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Umbilical hernia repair is a common painful outpatient procedure performed in children. Often
analgesia for this procedure is provided by using local infiltration of the surgical site by
the surgeons and perioperative opioids and NSAIDS both IV and orally. The use of opioids can
cause adverse side effects which include, but are not limited to nausea, vomiting, itching,
and respiratory depression, etc. The rectus sheath block can be performed in these patients
to decrease their post operative pain.