A clinical trial to examine whether administering a low dose spinal anesthesia along with general anesthesia will give better pain relief in patients undergoing laparoscopic hernia repair.
Phase 3
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/000249
- Lead Sponsor
- S.Rajeshwari
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
(i) Adult males,Age 20 ? 65 years
(ii) Unilateral or bilateral reducible inguinal herniae
(iii) Scheduled for Total Extra Peritoneal (TEP) repair under geneal anesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
(i) Uncontrolled systemic illness
(ii) Neurological illness (Parkinsonism, h/o CVA)
(iii) Any contraindications to spinal anaesthesia (local infection, coagulopathy, documented anatomical abnormality, allergy to local anaesthetic agents)
(iv) Patients undergoing Trans Abdominal Pre Peritonal(TAPP)repair
(v) Irreducible herniae
(vi) Patients with other surgical procedures performed concurrently
(vii) Patient refusal for the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method