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Complications during surgery in sitting position

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Nerve root and plexus compressionsin diseases classified elsewhere,
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/09/021071
Lead Sponsor
M D M Hospital Dr S N Medical College Jodhpur
Brief Summary

This prospective, observational study will be carried out at MDM hospital, Dr S N Medical college, Jodhpur in patients aged 18-60 years, ASA I/II of either sex, scheduled for cervical laminectomy. A through preoperative evaluation will be done to assess the fitness. The  written informed consent will be taken from all the patients. All patients will be kept fasting overnight and will be pre-medicated with tablet alprazolam 0.25  mg and tablet ranitidine 150 mg orally night before surgery. 

After arrival of the patient in the operating room, standard monitoring - pulse oximetry, non-invasive arterial blood pressure and electrocardiography  will be attached. With all aspectic precautions radial artery will be cannulated under local anaesthesia for continous invasive blood pressure monitoring.  Baseline vital parameters like heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure(SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean blood pressure (MBP), and arterial O2 saturation( SpO2) will be recorded in all patients. An i.v line will be secured with 18 gauge peripheral venous cannula and all patients will be preloaded with 10 ml/kg of crystalloid. All patients will be premedicated with i.v glycopyrrolate 0.2 mg, dexamethasone 0.15 mg kg-1  and fentanyl 2 µg kg-1. General anaesthesia will be induced with   propofol 2-3 mg  kg-1till loss of verbal response and tracheal intubation will be facilitated by vecuronium 0.1mg kg-1, intravenously.  After induction of anaesthesia, under all aseptic precautions right subclavian vein will be cannulated using seldingers technique. The sitting position will be made gradually over a period of 5 min with continous arterial pressure monitoring.

HR, SBP, DBP, MBP, SpO2, EtCO2 will be continuously monitored and will be recorded at baseline, after induction, after tracheal intubation, before making sitting position, during process of making sitting position every min till 5 min, after sitting position at 1, 2,3,4,5, 10 and 15 min. Subsequently, anaesthesia will be maintained using isoflurane achieving end-tidal concentration of 1.0 to 1.2% in a mixture of 50% air with 50% O2. Neuromuscular relaxation will be maintained with intermittent vecuronium bolus (0.02 mg/kg every 30 minutes). Ventilation will be adjusted to maintain EtCO2 between 30 and 35 mm Hg. Intraoperative rescue analgesia will be provided by intravenous fentanyl 0.5-1 μg/kg boluses as judged by increase in heart rate or systolic blood pressure by more than 20% of the baseline.   All patients will be given Injection ondansetron 0.1mg/kg prophylactically 30 minutes before reversal. At the end of surgery, patients will be turned supine and residual neuromuscular blockade will be reversed with i.v. neostigmine 50 µg.kg-1 and glycopyrrolate 10 µg.kg-1 and the trachea will be extubated when the patient is fully awake and breathing adequately and will be shifted to postanaesthesia care unit(PACU).

To evaluate occurrence of haemodynamic changes, an episode of hypotension will be defined as a decrease in the mean arterial pressure(MAP) 20% below baseline. Bradycardia will be defined as decrease in HR< 40 beats/min. Venous air embolism will be diagnosed by sudden and sustained drop of 5 mmHg of the end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2). If hypotension (MBP<20% of baseline) would occur, 5 mg of ephedrine will be administered i.v. If hypotension would persist or recur three minutes after ephedrine injection, 50 µg of phenylephrine will be repeated every three minutes till blood pressure stabilizes. In the event of bradycardia 0.6 mg of atropine will be administered i.v. If VAE would occur, appropriate therapeutic measures will be taken immediately which involves, aspiration of air via the right atrial catheter, irrigation and packing of the wound, identification and coagulation of vessels.Intraoperative and postoperative complications of sitting position which include hypotension, VAE, PAE, quadriplegia, macroglosia and peripheral neuropathy will be noted in all patients and incidence  of each complication will be calculated. Intraoperative blood loss and need for blood transfusion, total duration of surgery, will be  noted. Need of postoperative ventilation and total days of ventilation and ICU stay will also be noted.

All the observations will be recorded in the proforma attached and analyzed statistically using appropriate statistical test.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

ASA physical status I /II of either sex Patients posted for cervical laminectomy in sitting position under general anaesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria

Body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2 Moderate to severe heart or lung disease(ASA ≥ III) Prior neurological deficits.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of complicationICU discharge
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Haemodynamic variablesNeed of postoperative ventilation and total days of ventilation and ICU stay

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Main OT Complex First floor MDM hospital

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Jodhpur, RAJASTHAN, India

Main OT Complex First floor MDM hospital
🇮🇳Jodhpur, RAJASTHAN, India
DrGeeta Singariya
Principal investigator
9414803554
geetamanojkamal@gmail.com

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