Comparison of pain reief with two different doses of the drug dexmedetomidine used in nerve block following one sided knee replacement surgery.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M171- Unilateral primary osteoarthritisof knee
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/05/019307
- Lead Sponsor
- Department Funds
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patient aged 18-85 years
2.ASA I , II & III
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patients refusal
2)Allergic to local anaesthetic
3)Patient on B Blockers and a agonist
4)Previously operated knee surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine 0.5mcg/kg versus 1mcg/kg as an adjuvant to 0.2% ropivacaine in adductor canal block in patients undergoing unilateral total knee replacement surgeryTimepoint: Pain Score Post-operatively every 30 min for 2 hours and 4th hourly for 24 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)To assess the duration of analgesia. <br/ ><br>2)To compare motor blockade postoperatively. <br/ ><br>3)Postoperative sedation score. <br/ ><br>4)24 hour rescue analgesic consumption <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Postoperatively 30min for 2 hours and 4th hourly for 24 hours