The effect of adding Dexamethasone to Bupivacaine in ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerves block on pain after inguinal hernia surgery
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Inguinal hernia.Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017012425676N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
Inclusion Criteria
patients aged 20 to 45 years; candidate for elective unilateral inguinal hernia surgery; ASA class 1 or 2.
Exclusion criteria: The reluctance of patients; opioid addiction; analgesic consumption during the past 24 hours; surgery time more than 1 hour and half; being spinal anesthesia off during surgery; patients needing mesh to repair and having both ilioinguinal & iliohypogastric nerves injury during surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: At 1, 2, 4, 12 and 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: Score of Pain according to visual analog scale.;Amount of analgesic consumption. Timepoint: At 1, 2, 4, 12 and 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: Total dose of administered pethidine or Diclofenac.;First time of feeling pain. Timepoint: At 1, 2, 4, 12 and 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: Patient file.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method