Ultrasound guided injection in the anterior abdominal wall intermuscular plane for pain relief after laparascopic gall bladder surgery: Local anesthetic vs Local anesthetic plus dexamethasone.

Phase 4

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances,

Registration Number: CTRI/2019/05/019020

Lead Sponsor: Medica Superspecialty Hospital

Brief Summary: Our study intends to compare the postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy using ultrasound guided bilateral subcostal transversus abdominis plane block with 0.25% levobupivacaine vs 0.25% levobupivacaine with dexamethasone. Our study aims to comapare the two groups in terms of quality, duration of analgesia and adverse effects if any postoperatively.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

1.American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status Ð† and Ð†Ð† 2.Age 18 to 60 yrs.
3.Body mass index < 30 kg/m2 4.Patients scheduled to undergo elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia lasting up to 120 minutes of duration.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patient refusal 2.Patients with known hypersensitivity or allergy to local anaesthetics 3.ASA physical status Ð†Ð†Ð† and Ð†V 4.Patients with Diabetes Mellitus 5.Immunocompromised patients 6.Local site infection 7.Bleeding diathesis 8.Patients with chronic pain conditions 9.Patients with opioid addiction.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numeric rating scale (NRS) pain scores on coughing postoperatively.	Numeric rating scale (NRS) on coughing at 2,4, 6, 12 and 24 hrs postoperatively.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numeric rating scale (NRS) pain scores at rest, Time to first rescue analgesic, Total postoperative opioid consumption during 24 hrs, Postoperative nausea, vomiting and sedation.	0, 2, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hrs postoperatively.

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Medica Superspecialty hospital
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Kolkata, WEST BENGAL, India
Medica Superspecialty hospital
🇮🇳Kolkata, WEST BENGAL, India
Anshika Agarwal
Principal investigator
08763208729
anshikaagarwal1005@gmail.com