Role of dexamethasone as an additive agent in erector spinae block for pain relief in patients undergoing back pain surgery: A randomized clinical trial
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M478- Other spondylosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/025661
- Lead Sponsor
- department of anesthesia AIIMS BBSR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients age: 18-65 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists 1 or 2 classifications undergoing single or two levels lumbar/ thoracic diskectomy surgery will be enrolled under this study.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Refusal to consent
2)Infection at the infiltration site
3)Any history of allergy to local anesthetics
4)Failed back surgery syndromes
5)History of chronic pain, narcotic abuse or alcohol dependence.
6)Opioid use in the last 24 hours before surgery.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome : <br/ ><br>Time to first rescue analgesia or time at which first rescue analgesia was provided based on VAS �4 <br/ ><br>Timepoint: POST OPERATIVE
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analogue score at 1hr, 2hr, 4hr, 6hr and 24h after surgery at rest and movement, incidence of post- operative nausea vomiting and time required for mobilisation will be compared between the two groups.Timepoint: POST OPERATIVE