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Post surgery pain relief following lumbar spine surgeries

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Medical and Surgical,
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/06/054101
Lead Sponsor
SRI SIDDHARTHA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, TUMKUR
Brief Summary

A hospital based  comparative evaluaton of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block and ultrasound guided caudal block in lumbar spinae surgeries for post operative analgesia .

INTRODUCTION:

pain : it is unpleasant sensation that can be very severe requiring large doses of opiods resulting in respiratory depression ,vomiting and pruritis .

so,regional anaesthesia techniques for postoperative analgesia overcomes these complication of opiods. Erector spinae block and caudal block will be evaluated in study for post operative analgesia.



ASA1&2 patients aged 18to 65 years posted for lumbar spine surgeries (L1-L5) at sri siddartha medical college and research centre ,tumkur will be selected for the study period of 24 months with sample size 40 patients .



All patients as per inclusion and exclusion criteria posted for elective orthopaedic surgical procedures will be taken in the study .



Methodology : the data is collected by convenient sampling .the data will be entered in excel spread sheet .Descriptive



statistical analysis will be carried out .Quantitive variables will be  presented as frequency and percentages .The associaton between categorical variables will be analysed by applying chi square test .The data will be analysed by using SPSS software (version 20)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
    1. Patients belonging to ASA class I, II 2) Patients undergoing lumbar spine (L1-L5) surgeries under General Anaesthesia.
  • 3)BMI < 29.9 kg/m2 4) Patient who has given valid informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • 1)Patient’s refusal.
    1. Bleeding disorders (platelets count <1,50,000; international normalized ratio >1.5;PC<60%) and coagulopathies.
    1. Skin lesions, wounds or infection at the injections site.
    1. Known allergy to local anesthetic drugs.
    1. Chronic opioid or NSAIDS users.
    1. Patients with pre-operative opioid consumption.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to first analgesia requestimmediately, 30 mins, 1 hour, 2, 6 and 12 hour after injection.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Presence of any complications immediately- Presence of any complications such as urine retention, vomiting ,

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

SRI SIDDHARTHA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL

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Tumkur, KARNATAKA, India

SRI SIDDHARTHA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
🇮🇳Tumkur, KARNATAKA, India
DR SANGIREDDY KAVYA SREE
Principal investigator
8309961495
kavyareddysangireddy@gmail.com

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