Effect of Intrathecal vs Intraarticular Dexmedetomidine on Postoperative Pain Following Arthroscopy

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Drug: Intraarticular Dexmedetomidine; Drug: Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine; Drug: Bupivacaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02581566

01003060215

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison between intrathecal Dexmedetomidine versus Intraarticular Dexmedetomidine on postoperative pain after knee arthroscopy.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients, ASA I-II, undergoing knee arthroscopy under spinal anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

• Absolute or relative contraindications to spinal anesthesia, allergy to dexmedetomidine or chronic pain treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

30 patients will be given Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine plus Intrathecal Bupivacaine

Treatment:

Drug: Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine

Intraarticular Dexmedetomidine Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

30 patients will be given Intraarticular Dexmedetomidine plus Intrathecal Bupivacaine

Treatment:

Drug: Intraarticular Dexmedetomidine

control Group

Other group

Description:

30 patients will be given Intrathecal Bupivacaine

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacaine