Dexamethasone added to levobupivacaine prolongs interscalene brachial plexus blockade
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Surgeryinterscalene brachial plexus blockadeAnaesthesia
- Registration Number
- PACTR201510001297568
- Lead Sponsor
- Benha faculty of medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I & II
their ages ranged between 18 and 65 years
who had elective forearm surgeries under ultrasound guided inter scalene (ISB) brachial plexus block.
Exclusion Criteria
patients refusal,
known allergy to the local anesthetic,
coagulopathy,
local infection,
patients with peripheral neuropathy, uncooperative patients
patients with body mass index >35kg/m2.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of the sensory block
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Onset of the sensory block ;Duration of the motor blockade;Time to first analgesic request;Number of failed block