Ultrasound Guided QLB III Versus Intrathecal Morphine for Analgesia After Cesarean Section

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-10-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Subarachnoid morphine (SAM) is the gold standard for treating postoperative pain after cesarean delivery (CD) but it has undesirable side effects, that's why the aim of our study is to identify whether ultrasound-guided Quadratus lumborum block type 3, a new regional anesthetic technique that blocks the abdominal wall neural afferents, can provide at the same time better postoperative analgesia after CD with less side effects

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Tunis El Manar
• Treatments: Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I/II.

• Normal singleton pregnancy with a gestation of at least 37 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Heart disease

• Coagulopathy

• pre-eclampsia

• BMI> 40

• Patient refusal to undergo the Quadratus lumborum block.

• Allergy to local anesthetics