Effect of two different doses of type of steroid for pain control after surgery of spine.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/06/053882
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Priyanka S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 18 to 60 years posted for elective lumbar spine surgery
Patients undergoing 3 or less levels of laminectomy and fixation
American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) physical status 1 and 2
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal for the study
Duration of surgery extending to more than 4 hours.
Has any known allergy or contraindication to dexamethasone
Has received chronic steroid or opioids
Has uncontrolled diabetic mellitus , had previous lumbar spine surgery, hepatic or renal impairment.
Pregnant or lactating female
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare & determine the postoperative analgesic efficacy of two different doses of dexamethasone administered preemptively by Visual analogue scale(VAS) in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: every 6th hourly uptil 48th hour
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to check the number of rescue analgesia requiredTimepoint: till 48th hour