Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol v/s Traditional protocols in field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Not Applicable

Conditions: Health Condition 1: Z488- Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare

Registration Number: CTRI/2021/04/032639

Lead Sponsor: Dr Adarsh Kudva

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Open to Recruitment

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Patients undergoing major head and neck surgeries (intraoperative time >4hrs ) including oncological, pathological, orthognathic, reconstructive, panfacial fracture cases.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with

(i) hypersensitivity to dexamethasone

(ii) active infections, such as tuberculosis, viral diseases, and mycoses

(iii) patients with thrombosis

(iv) uncontrolled diabetes requiring regular insulin

(v) mental disorders such as poorly controlled depression

(vi) active gastrointestinal ulcer

(vii) uncontrolled glaucoma

(viii) continuous use of oral steroids in the preop period (autoimmune disease)

(Ix) minor oral surgery procedures

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hospital length of stay <br/ ><br>Perioperative complications <br/ ><br>Total cost of hospital stay. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: at time of hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Antibiotic duration <br/ ><br>Perioperative pain assessment {visual analog scale (VAS) score} <br/ ><br>Postoperative nausea/vomiting <br/ ><br>Timepoint: at time of hospital discharge