To compare anaesthetic effect of two different routes of steroid administration with local anaesthetic for upper limb surgeries.

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

1 Patients undergoing elective upper limb surgeries of duration 1-4 hoursd.

2 Patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists Grade class-I and II.

3 Patients with weight between 40 and 80kgs.

4 Patients willing to give written and informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1 Patients not willing to participate in the study

2 Uncooperative patients

3 Local infection at the injection site.

4 History of allergy to the study drug.

5 Bleeding disorders, coagulopathies or any other neuropathies

6 Contra lateral diaphragmatic paralysis

7 Systemic use of corticosteroids for 2 weeks or longer within 6 months of surgery.

8 Patient with history of seizures, peptic ulcer disease, hepatic or renal failure, or septicaemia

9 Patient with a history of traumatic nerve injury, diabetes mellitus, or neuropathy of the surgical limb.

Primary Outcome Measures

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Secondary Outcome Measures

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