A clinical trial to study the efficacy and safety of a regional block- bilateral superficial cervical plexus block using bupivacaine as the local anesthetic and clonidine as adjuvant with normal saline as control in patients undergoing elective thyroid surgery under general anesthesia
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Conditions requiring elective thyroidectomy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/002829
- Lead Sponsor
- il
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Euthyroid patients
Elective thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
Either gender
More than 18 years of age
ASA class I and II
Exclusion Criteria
Unable to understand visual analog score and patient controlled analgesia
Malignancy requiring block dissection
Substernal goiters
Contraindications to Bilateral superficial cervical plexus block
Contraindications to morphine
Sensitivity / Intolerance to local anesthetics / other medications used in the study
Recent steroid or opioid or other analgesic use
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method