Pain relieving capacity of combined femoral and sciatic nerve block with help of ultrasound using dexamethasone(steroid) as an additive to levobupivacaine(local anesthetic) versus levobupivacaine alone in foot and ankle surgeries: A randomized controlled clinical study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: M968- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050243
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients of trauma scheduled for unilateral foot and ankle surgery
2. Patients with ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) grade I-II
Exclusion Criteria
1. Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus
2. Allergy to local anesthetics
3. Coagulopathy
4. Pregnancy
5. Skin infection at the injection site
6. Patients not willing to give consent
7. Haemodynamically unstable patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To estimate the duration of analgesia (time to first rescue analgesia)in both the groupsTimepoint: Within 24 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To determine the onset time and duration of sensory and motor blockTimepoint: 1. Within 24 hours