To study pain relief using above groin nerve block technique with ropivacaine (local anaesthetic) alone or with addition of dexmedetomidine (adjunct- alpha 2 agonist)in patients undergoing surgeries for thigh bone fracture
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/05/052190
- Lead Sponsor
- Reshma B M
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients posted for elective femur fracture surgeries.
2. Patients belonging to American society of anaesthesiologists physical statu (ASA-PS ) 1,2 and 3.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Revision surgeries.
2. Patients with chronic pain or on slow release preparations of opioids.
3. Drug or alcohol abuse
4. Patients with dementia or cognitive problems.
5. Patients with BMI >35kg/m2
6. Coagulopathy or patients on anti-coagulants.
7. Patients with history of inguinal hernia or infection at the inguinal region.
8. Patients with multiple fractures.
9. Block failure.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To measure the duration of postoperative analgesia.Timepoint: 1. Every 2 hours post surgery for 24 hours.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To assess for pain relief during positioning of patients for spinal anaesthesia using VAS scores. <br/ ><br>2. To assess sedation using Ramsay sedation scores. <br/ ><br>3. To assess total requirement of rescue analgesia in 24 hours after surgery. <br/ ><br>4. To assess side effects if any.Timepoint: 1. Every 5 minutes following block administration for 30 minutes. <br/ ><br>2. Every 5 minutes after block administration for 30 minutes <br/ ><br>3. Every 2 hours for 24 hours postoperatively. <br/ ><br>4. Every 5 minutes after administration of block for 30mminutes, postopertively every 2 hours for 24 hours.