Quadratus Lumborum Block for Analgesia After Hip Arthroscopy
Study Description
“Quadratus Lumborum Block for Analgesia Following Hip Arthroscopy”
Evaluate difference in postoperative opiate consumption when patients do or do not receive a quadratus lumborum block preoperatively for hip arthroscopy.
Location
Methods
No pharmaceutical medication involved
Patients and healthy individuals accepted
QL Block
If the subject has been randomized to the block group, a subcutaneous lidocaine skin wheel placed will be placed followed by a quadratus lumborum regional block with 40 ml, 0.25% ropivacaine deposited deep to the transversus abdominus apnoneurosis and superficial to the fascia transversalis with direct ultrasound guidance. Local anesthetic will be injected in 5 ml aliquots with aspiration for blood performed before and after the injection of each aliquot. Local anesthetic injection will also be ...read more on ClinicalTrials.org
Saline Skin Wheel
The skin will be cleaned with chlorhexidine. If the subject has been randomized to the "no block" group, a subcutaneous saline skin wheel will be placed and the procedure would end at this point.
Additional Information
Official Study Title
Utilization of Quadratus Lumborum Block for Postoperative Analgesia Following Hip Arthroscopy: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial
Clinical Trial ID
NCT03557125
ParticipAid ID
7axOBe
