Clinical Trial: SII Levels Following PENG Block in Pediatric Hip Surgery

U.S., May 27 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07607535) titled 'SII Levels Following PENG Block in Pediatric Hip Surgery' on May 06.

Brief Summary: This study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Its aim is to evaluate whether adding a pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block to spinal anesthesia can reduce the inflammatory response after hip surgery in children.

Hip surgery in children can cause a strong stress and inflammatory reaction, which may affect pain after surgery, the need for opioid medications, and recovery.

Children aged 3 to 8 years will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: spinal anesthesia alone or spinal anesthesia combined with a PENG block. The main ...