Which nerve block cuts pain better after kidney surgery?
NCT ID NCT06670508
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two different nerve blocks to see which one works better for pain after laparoscopic kidney removal. 70 adults having kidney surgery received either an erector spinae plane block or a subcostal transversus abdominis plane block. The main goal was to see how much morphine they needed in the first 6 and 24 hours after surgery.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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May 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient age (\>18 and \<60) * Both sexes * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classes I and II * Patients scheduled for total (radical) laparoscopic nephrectomy surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal of regional block * Patients with uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension * Patients with neurological, psychological disorders or those lacking cooperation * Patients with anatomic abnormalities at site of injection, skin lesions or wounds at site of proposed needle insertion. * Patients with bleeding disorders defined as (INR \>2) and/ or (platelet count \<100,000/µL) * Patients with hepatic disease e.g. liver cell failure or hepatic malignancy or hepatic enlargement. * Patients who are allergic to amide local anesthetics. * Cases converted to open surgery will also be excluded from the study
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
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