Retrobulbar Block Versus Ketamine Infusion for Post-enucleation Analgesia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Evisceration; Operation Wound; Pain, Postoperative; Enucleated; Eye
• Interventions: Procedure: Ketamine; Procedure: Retrobulbar block

• Registration Number: NCT03507426
• Lead Sponsor: Nazmy Edward Seif

Brief Summary

This study compares the efficacy and safety of two techniques, retrobulbar block versus intra-operative ketamine infusion, for control of post-operative pain occurring in patients undergoing ocular enucleation or evisceration performed under general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-24
• Study Start: 2018-04-25
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-25
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-31
• Study Completion: 2020-03-31
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-13
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• Ocular enucleation candidate patients
• Ocular evisceration candidate patients

Exclusion Criteria

• Any condition contra-indicating general or local anesthesia
• Allergy to any of the drugs used during the procedure

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ketamine group	Ketamine	Intravenous analgesia
Retrobulbar group	Retrobulbar block	Retrobulbar block

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to the first post-operative rescue analgesia.	24 hours	Time (measured in minutes) elapsed till the patient requires to receive his first post-operative rescue analgesic dose.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt