Pilot Study: Rectus Sheath Blocks for Improving Abdominal Surgery Conditions

Summary

The purpose of this study is to show that the use of preoperative rectus sheath blocks can ultimately alleviate the need for using nondepolarizing muscle relaxants during certain abdominal procedures.

Timeline

Start

2016-01-01

Primary completion

2016-12-01

Completion

2016-12-01

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “difficult recruitment”

Publications

• Background Kimura F, Oishi M, Yakoshi C, Ogasawara C, Ishihara H, Hirota K. [Rectus sheath block and transversus abdominis plane block for a patient with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome undergoing low anterior resection]. Masui. 2013 Aug;62(8):989-91. Japanese.
• Background Quek KH, Phua DS. Bilateral rectus sheath blocks as the single anaesthetic technique for an open infraumbilical hernia repair. Singapore Med J. 2014 Mar;55(3):e39-41. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2014042.
• Background Bashandy GM, Elkholy AH. Reducing postoperative opioid consumption by adding an ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block to multimodal analgesia for abdominal cancer surgery with midline incision. Anesth Pain Med. 2014 Aug 10;4(3):e18263. doi: 10.5812/aapm.18263. eCollection 2014 Aug.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.