To assess the postoperative analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone when added to ropivacaine in transversus abdominis plane block in lower abdominal surgeries.
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/06/019601
- Lead Sponsor
- Himani Garg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) American Society Of Anesthesiologists(ASA) grade I and II.
2) Patients of either sex with age between 18 and 65 years.
3) Patients undergoing lower abdominal surgeries under general anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients with any contraindication to regional anaesthesia like refusal for TAP block and inability to give consent and with local skin infection.
2) BMI >30 kg per metre sq.
3) Patients with history of anaphylaxis to local anaesthetics.
4) Patient with history of any renal,hepatic,pulmonary,cardiac,hematological,endocrine and neuromuscular disorders.
5) Patients with history of chronic drug, analgesic or alcohol abuse.
6) Patients with history of any psychological disorder.
7) Consent refusal
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method