Comparison between two methods of pain relief after Hernia surgery in children.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- undergoing unilateral inguinal herniotomy for circumscision, congential hernia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/04/008341
- Lead Sponsor
- Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children weighing 5-20kg
2. Children belonging to ASA Physical status I & II
3. Children undergoing elective inguinal herniotomy
4. Children undergoing unilateral surgery
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children undergoing bilateral Inguinal Herniotomy
2. children belonging to ASA status III, IV,
3. Children of age less than 2yrs or more than 7yrs, excluded
4. Children weighing less than 5 kg or more than 20kg
5. Children with known allergy to the drugs used in the study
6. chidren with any local infection at the site of the block
7. Children with any contraindications for caudal anaesthesia such as major sacral malformations, meningitis, raised intracranial hypertension
8. Parent refusal for consent were excluded from the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain assessment in the post-operative period was done using FLACC pain score.Timepoint: Children were monitored during the time points; <br/ ><br>1. immediate post-operative period in the recovery room <br/ ><br>2. every hour for the first 12hrs in the post-operative period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢Intraoperative parameters measured: <br/ ><br>1.Haemodynamic variability <br/ ><br>2.Number of doses of fentanyl (1mcg/kg) required for supplementation during the intra-operative period. <br/ ><br>3.Incidence of any adverse events <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Postoperative parameters measured: <br/ ><br>1.Number of doses of rescue analgesia required . <br/ ><br>2.Cumulative dose of tramadol consumed <br/ ><br>3.Incidence of any side effectsTimepoint: every 5mins in the intraoperstive period and every hour in the post operative period