Dexamethasone Versus Demedetomidine Addition for Adductor Canal Block

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Drug: Dexamethasone; Drug: Dexmedetomidine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06527976

12222 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Single-injection peripheral nerve block (PNB) is commonly used for perioperative analgesia and anesthesia. Three approaches for extending the duration of PNB include continuous PNB with catheter-based techniques, novel local anesthetics delivery systems and addition of novel adjuvants to local anesthetics.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elective operation
• ASA STATUS I and II

Exclusion criteria

• patient refusal
• ASA status III and IV
• contraindications to local anesthesia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

dexmedetomidine

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Dexmedetomidine

dexamethasone

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Dexamethasone