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Ultrasound-guided Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block for Postoperative Pain after Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Divya Srivastava, Ruchi Verma, Tapas K Singh, Alka Verma, Abhilash Chandra, Sandeep Sahu, Prabhakar Mishra

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Divya SrivastavaDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ruchi VermaDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Tapas K SinghDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Alka VermaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abhilash ChandraDepartment of Nephrology, DR. RML IMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sandeep SahuDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Prabhakar MishraDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences · INDr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

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Abstract

backgroundQuadratus lumborum block (QLB) has provided adequate analgesia and lowered postoperative opioid requirement in comparison to controls for some urological surgeries.

aimsThe aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of postprocedure ultrasound-guided QLB in comparison to port-site infiltrations with local anesthetics (as control) in lowering postoperative pain after laparoscopic pyeloplasty. SETTINGS AND

designThis was a prospective, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. MATERIALS AND

methodsFifty-three adults undergoing laparoscopic pyeloplasty were randomly allocated to either anterior QLB group ( STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Intergroup comparison of VAS was done with Student's

resultsThe static VAS scores were found to be significantly lower in QLB group at the 2

conclusionUltrasound-guided anterior QLB is more effective in comparison to traditional technique of port-site local anesthetic infiltration for providing analgesia after laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

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Laparoscopic pyeloplastypostoperative painquadratus lumborum block

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