Ultrasound-Guided QL Block Versus TAP Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries

Ultrasound-Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block Versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block For Post-Operative Pain In Lower Abdominal Surgeries In Adult Patients, Prospective, Comparative Randomized Study

This study aims to compare the efficacy of ultrasound-guided QL block and TAP block for postoperative pain management following lower abdominal surgeries.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients aged from 18 to 65 years old.
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I - II.
• Patients scheduled for elective lower abdominal surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal.
• Patients with BMI (body mass index) > 35 kg.m-2 , [morbid obesity].
• Patients with significant neurological, psychatric or neuromascular disease.
• Patients had local skin infection at the block injection site.
• Patients who operated under epidural and patient-controlled analgesia [PCA].
• Sensitivity to prescribed analgesia.
• Coagulopathies or those who had uncontrolled chronic medical disease [e.g. diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or cardiac diseases].