Complications in Transurethral Resection of the Bladder Tumor: Using Nerve Stimulator with or Without Ultrasonography for Obturator Nerve Block: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Background: The use of ultrasonographic guide is a suggested way to ease the obturator nerve block procedure. Accordingly, in this study, the procedures by selective obturator nerve block with and without use of ultrasonographic guide were compared. Methods: This interventional study was performed as an open-label randomized clinical trial among 50 consecutive subjects under surgery for intramural tumors of urinary bladder in a training hospital in 2016. The subjects were randomly assigned to be operated under spinal anesthesia accompanied with selective obturator nerve block (10 mL of 1.5% lidocaine adding 1:200000 epinephrine) with or without ultrasonographic guide. The outcomes were compared across the groups.