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To assess and compare the post- operative analgesic effect of caudal epidural block with Ropivacaine versus mixture of Ropivacaine and Dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing lumbosacral spine surgery under general anaesthesia.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/07/035177
Lead Sponsor
Department Of Anaesthesiology Sawai Man Singh Medical College And Attached Hospitals Jaipur
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients undergoing lumbosacral spine surgeries under general anaesthesia.

2. Patients willing to give written and informed consent to participate in study.

3. Adult patients aged between 20 and 50 years.

4. Patient of either gender.

5. Patients belonging to ASA Grade I and Grade II.

Exclusion Criteria

1. H/O allergic reactions to local anesthetics.

2. Patients on anticoagulant therapy and H/O coagulation disorders.

3. Local infection at the proposed site of puncture for caudal anaesthesia.

4. Patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders.

5. Patient with contraindication with caudal block like pilonidal sinus, congenital anomaly

of spine or meninges.

6. Patient who had undergone previous back surgeries.

7. Patients with history of arrhythmias, heart block, hypotension, bradycardia or any cardiac

illness.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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