dexamethasone in supraclavicular brachial plexus block
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- regional block
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000043813
- Lead Sponsor
- Minia University, Faculty of medicine anesthesia and intensive care department
- Brief Summary
the addition of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to local anesthetics results in prolonged duration of sensory block, motor block, and prolonged duration of postoperative analgesia compared to local anesthetics alone. We found that it has no effect on the onset time of sensory and motor blocks.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
patient refusal, patients with damage or disease of the brachial plexus, any bleeding disorder, on anticoagulants, neuromuscular diseases, peripheral neuropathy, local skin infection at the site of injection, or history of allergy to any of the studied drugs
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Onset time of sensory and motor block, duration of sensory and motor block
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method