Table 1: Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study.

Incusion Criteria

Excusion Criteria

All patients who were classed as ASA I and II (only hypertensives)

ASA II (excluding hypertension) and above

Age more than 18 years and less than 65 years

Known allergies to local anaesthetics

Weighing between 50 kg and 80 kg

Chronic consumption of analgesics

Suspected perforated appendix

Surgeries expected to last for more than two hours

Iatrogenic perforation or bleeding during surgery