Preoperative Versus Postoperative Ultrasound-guided Rectus Sheath Block for Sleep Quality and Cytokines of Patients

Summary

Rectus sheath block (RSB) is used for postoperative pain relief in patients undergoing abdominal surgery with a midline incision. It has proved to be effective in preoperative block, but it has not been previously compared with postoperative block. The aim of the present study is to evaluate postoperative pain, sleep quality and changes in the cytokine levels of patients undergoing gynaecological surgery with RSB performed preoperatively versus postoperatively.

Timeline

Start

2015-10

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2016-06

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper There was no significant difference in the pain, consumption of oxycodone, or time to first administration of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia between the two groups. PMID 29426287 ↗

Publications

• Jin F, Li Z, Tan WF, Ma H, Li XQ, Lu HW. Preoperative versus postoperative ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block for improving pain, sleep quality and cytokine levels in patients with open midline incisions undergoing transabdominal gynecological surgery: a randomized-controlled trial. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 Feb 9;18(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12871-018-0485-9.
• Jin F, Li XQ, Tan WF, Ma H, Lu HW. Preoperative versus postoperative ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block for improving pain, sleep quality and cytokine levels of patients with open midline incisions undergoing transabdominal gynaecological operation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Dec 10;16:568. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1096-0.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.