Ultrasound Guided Intermediate Cervical Plexus Block in Thyroid Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative Pain
• Interventions: Drug: local anesthetic; Drug: Dexamethasone

• Registration Number: NCT03731468
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

studying the effect of dexmeditomidine addition to bupivacaine in bilateral intermediate cervical block for patients undergoing thyroidectomy under general anaesthesia

Detailed Description

80 patients who will be undergoing elective thyroidectomy will be randomly allocated into one of two groups ; group A will receive 20 mg isobaric bupivacaine + 8 mg dexamethasone(diluted in 5 ml) group B will receive 20 mg isobaric bupivacaine + 1 ml normal saline. block will be done under complete a septic condition after induction of general anaesthesia.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-09
• Study Start: 2018-09-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-03
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-06
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-01
• Study Completion: 2020-12-01
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Elective surgery
• ASA 1, II, AND III

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patient refusal
• Infection at the entry site
• BMI > 3

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	local anesthetic	isobaric bupivacaine will be given on each side
dexmethasone group	Dexamethasone	8 mg dexamethasone will be added to local anaesthetics

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
postoperative analgesia duration	24 hour postoperative	time of first analgesic requirement is the time of end of block analgesia

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
postoperative complications related to the block	8 hours	occurrence of complications secondary to the block well be recorded

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Assiut university; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt