Comparing three different methods of pain relieving techniques by measuring the total pain medicines consumed during and up to 48 hours after surgery, in an adult patients between 18-70 years undergoing spine surgery - A randomised controlled trial.
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/05/052390
- Lead Sponsor
- Institutional Research Fund Christian Medical College Vellore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 99
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients undergoing 1-3 levels of lumbar discectomy/laminectomy
2. ASA I - III
3. Age between 18 to 70 years
Exclusion Criteria
1. History of bleeding diathesis
2. Patients on anticoagulant treatment
3. Patients with known allergies to local anaesthetics.
4. Skin infections at the site of the block area
5. Patients who are pregnant or lactating
6. Patients with moderate to severe scoliosis or any lumbar spine anatomical abnormality
7. Difficult to visualize the sonoanatomy due to any cause.
8. Morbid obesity (BMI > 35
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cumulative opioid consumption during and upto 48hrs after surgeryTimepoint: Cumulative opioid consumption during and upto 48hrs after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The time taken to receive the first dose of rescue analgesia <br/ ><br>2. Postoperative pain scores at rest and movement <br/ ><br>4. Time of oral intake <br/ ><br>5. The hemodynamics <br/ ><br>6. Sedation score <br/ ><br>7. The incidence of complications <br/ ><br>8. The time taken for the block to be performed <br/ ><br>9. To compare the anesthetic requirement <br/ ><br>10. The time taken to obey commands <br/ ><br>11. The duration of anesthesia and duration of surgery. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Intraoperative (Before block, 10mins after, 20mins after, 30mins after, 40mins after, 60mins after, 1.5hrs, 2hrs and 10 mins after extubation) <br/ ><br>Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Arrival, 15mins, 30mins, 45mins, 1hr, 1.5 hrs, discharge) <br/ ><br>Post Operative ward (Arrival, 2hrs, 4hrs, 6hrs, 12hrs, 18hrs, 24hrs)