Best method of providing pain relief in patients with leg fractures
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: V879- Person injured in other specified(collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle (traffic)
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/02/017643
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Science Technology Chandigarh Administration
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
60 ASA physical status 1 and 2 patients of both genders, aged 18-60 years, scheduled to undergo proximal femur fracture fixation under general anesthesia will be enrolled in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with a history of substance abuse, chronic analgesic therapy, infection at the block site, patients with polytrauma, neurological deficit in the lower limbs, hemodynamically unstable patients, patients with vascular injuries, psychiatric illness, opioid tolerance, renal dysfunction, coagulopathies, pregnancy, patients unable to comprehend visual analogue scale (VAS) score device, patients refusing consent for peripheral nerve block or allergy to any of the drugs used in the study will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postoperative 24 hours opioid (rescue analgesic) consumptionTimepoint: Postoperative 24 hours opioid (rescue analgesic) consumption
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS scores on shifting to post-anesthesia care unitTimepoint: 0 hours, 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours following shifting to PACU <br/ ><br>