comparison of 2 anaesthetic drugs in terms of their ability to reduce pain in operation below the umbilicus
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients undergoing infraumbilical surgery
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/08/003877
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education Research Kolkata
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 74
Inclusion Criteria
Seventy four patients in the age group of 18 to 60 years of either sex and of ASA Physical Status I or II undergoing infraumbilical surgery under subarachnoid block
Exclusion Criteria
a) Patient refusal.
b) ASA physical status grade III or IV
c) Any contraindication to spinal anaesthesia â??
i. Infection at the site of injection
ii. Coagulopathy
iii. Neurological disorders
iv. Stenotic heart diseases
v. Spinal deformity
vi. Haemodynamically compromised patients
d) Known allergy to bupivacaine, ropivacaine or fentanyl.
e) Patients on chronic analgesic therapy or antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulants.
f) Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method comparison of duration of effective analgesia between the two study groupsTimepoint: comparison of duration of effective analgesia between the two study groups
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. perioperative haemodynamic changes <br/ ><br>2. intraoperative sedation and any untoward side effects during the studyTimepoint: throughout the intraoperative period and postoperative period