Comparing two pain relief methods during surgery,Blocking the scalp nerves and Local anesthetic injection,to see which one Keeps blood pressure stable during surgery and Reduces pain after surgery

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Medical and Surgical,

Registration Number: CTRI/2025/06/088210

Lead Sponsor: Department of Anaesthesiology

Brief Summary: 70 patients selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.Patients receiving scalp block included in group SB.Patients receiving local infiltration included in group LI.After induction of general anaesthesia intraoperative heart rate , invasive blood pressure recorded.Postoperative pain assessed by Numerical Rating Score on arrival to post anaesthetic care unit and 2 hourly intervals. 24 hour morphine consumption also noted.Data entered in Excel sheet and analysed using IBM SPSS software version 22 for windows.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

1)Patients posted for elective craniotomy 2)Age between 18-65 years 3)American Society of Anaesthesiologists 1&2 4)Duration of surgery 3-5hours 5)Height of patient between 150-180cm and weight between 50.

Exclusion Criteria

1)History of allergy to local anaesthetics or opiods.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intraoperative heart rates and mean arterial pressure	T1-just before induction \| T2-5 mins after induction \| T3-2 mins after pin insertion \| T4-5 mins after pin insertion \| T5-2 mins after incision \| T6-5 mins after incision \| T7-During drilling \| T8-During dura opening \| T9-At the end of surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postoperative pain in terms of duration of analgesia and 24 hour morphine consumption	Arrival at post anaesthetic care unit

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Government Medical College, Kozhikode
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Kozhikode, KERALA, India
Government Medical College, Kozhikode
🇮🇳Kozhikode, KERALA, India
Dr Parvathi O
Principal investigator
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paruvis326@gmail.com