Efficacy of Dexamethasone vs Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Ropivacaine in Transverse Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Relief
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M968- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/06/053454
- Lead Sponsor
- MANISHA SHARMA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
All patients-
1)Above 18 years of age
2)undergoing elective lower abdominal surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.
3)American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) grade I or II
4)BMI 20-30 Kg/m2
5)Who could understand and rate their pain on Visual Analog Scale (VAS; scale of 0â??10)
6)Provide written informed consent.
Patients who
1)Were unwilling to participate in the study
2)BMI >30 Kg/m2
3)Had a history of allergy with ropivacaine or dexamethasone or dexmedetomidine use
4)Had a history of drug abuse
5)Were unable to understand VAS
6)Had coagulopathy or risk of developing same.
7)Who did not tolerate spinal anaesthesia well and had to be converted to general anaesthesia for surgery.
8)Had surgery planned with general anaesthesia
9)Could not provide informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To the compare the analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone versus dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in TAP Block for postoperative pain relief in Lower Abdominal Surgeries.Timepoint: 2weeks,4weeks,6weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in TAP Block for postoperative pain relief in Lower Abdominal Surgeries. <br/ ><br>2. To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in TAP Block for postoperative pain relief in Lower Abdominal Surgeries. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 2weeks,4weeks,6weeks