Transmuscular Quadratus Lumborum Block for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Study is designed to assess the effect of the transmuscular quadratus lumborum block on postoperative opioid consumption and pain for patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy. Study is randomized, placebo-controlled and blinded. Seventy patients will be included.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Zealand University Hospital
• Treatments: Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scheduled for TLH

• Age ≥ 18 years at the date of inclusion Have received thorough information, orally and in written, and signed the "Informed Consent" form on participation in the trial

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to cooperate

• Inability to speak, read and understand Danish

• Allergy to local anaesthetics or opioids

• Daily intake of opioids, according to the investigators decision

• Local infection at the site of injection or systemic infection

• Difficulty visualisation of muscular and fascial structures in ultrasound visualisation necessary to the block administration

• Co-morbidity, ASA>3