Analgesia for Thyroidectomy Using Bilateral Superficial Cervical Plexus Block With Bupivacaine Only or Adding Ketorolac to it.

Sohag University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Thyroid Nodule; Thyroid Goiter

Treatments: Drug: Ketorolac; Drug: Bupivacain

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05180214

2006

Details and patient eligibility

About

Thyroidectomy is considered a common operation with moderate to severe postoperative pain in some patients. Patients are divided into two groups. Bupivacaine group received bilateral superficial cervical plexus block (BSCPB) with 10 ml of bupivacaine (0.25%) and 1 ml of normal saline on each side and the Bupivacaine Ketorolac group received (BSCPB) with 10 ml of bupivacaine (0.25%) and 1 ml of ketorolac (15 mg) on each side.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 20-50 years
• ASA I-II patients
• Patients going to do thyroid surgeries under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patient refusal
• Known history of sensitivity to the drug used in the study
• Drug abuse
• Infection at the site of the block
• Presence of coagulopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

bupivacaine

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacain

bupivacaine and ketorolac

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacain

Drug: Ketorolac