Comparison of duration of pain relief on using two different drugs in a regional anaesthetic technique used to provide pain relief following open inguinal hernia surgeries
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/07/034883
- Lead Sponsor
- Anusha Elizabeth Ben
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients scheduled for unilateral open inguinal hernia repair under spinal anaesthesia
2. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classes I and II
Exclusion Criteria
1. BMI > 35 kg/m2
2. Contraindications to or known allergy to local anaesthetics
3. Coagulopathies
4. Raised intracranial pressure
5. Local infection at site of injection
6. History of heart block, dysrhythmias, neurological diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the duration of postoperative analgesia using Dexamethasone (8mg) or Dexmedetomidine (75mcg) as adjuvant to 0.5% Ropivacaine 20mL for ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block following unilateral open inguinal hernia repair under spinal anaesthesiaTimepoint: Till patient complaints of pain corresponding to Visual Analogue Scale more than 4
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the hemodynamic changes in these groupsTimepoint: Till patient complaints of pain corresponding to Visual Analogue Scale more than 4