A clinical trial to study the effects of two different doses of dexamethasone in combination with levobupivacaine for ultrasound guided block in patients undergoing surgery for fracture of thigh bone
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/06/054066
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sunil Chiruvella
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. A.S.A. physical status I and II
2. patients undergoing Proximal femoral nailing surgery
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with coagulopathies and bleeding diathesis.
2. Patients with known hypersensitivity to study drugs.
3. Patients with infection at the site of needle injection.
4. Patients with a previous history of inguinal hernia surgery and femoral bypass graft.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to compare the postoperative pain using visual analogue scale between the two groups to compare the duration of analgesia between the two groupsTimepoint: on arrival to post anaesthesia care unit <br/ ><br>2hours 4 hours 6 hours 12 hours & 24 hours postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the need for rescue analgesia & total analgesic requirement in both <br/ ><br>To compare the adverse effects in both groups <br/ ><br>groupsTimepoint: 24 hours