Does adding Dexamethasone as painkiller prolongs the pain relief after lower back surgery?
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/03/064519
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Vaishali Waindeskar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I-II, scheduled for single/double level thoracolumbar spine surgeries
Exclusion Criteria
Minimally invasive surgeries
Patient’s refusal to the block procedure
Contradictions to regional technique e.g., allergy to local anesthetic drugs, block site infection, coagulation disorders.
greater Body mass index of more than thirty five kilogram per meter square
Pregnancy
Physical or mental disorders that would interfere with the evaluation of pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual Analogue Score (VAS) at 1, 2, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours at rest (supine position) and during activity (defined as changing position from supine to sitting).Timepoint: Visual Analogue Score (VAS) at 1, 2, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours at rest (supine position) and during activity (defined as changing position from supine to sitting).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total postoperative diclofenac consumption till 48 hours. <br/ ><br>Total opioid consumption. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: till 48 hours after surgery