Study design and site
BLIND
This study was a prospective equivalence double blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in the department of surgery at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIU-TH), Kitagata and Ishaka Adventist Hospitals in Western Uganda. Patients were randomly assigned to either the local anesthesia group (A) or the saddle block group (B). Patients and outcome assessors were blinded about the anesthesia used.