The primary purpose of this study is to compare the effect of lidocaine and dexamethasone on postoperative quality of recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
8
Lidocaine 2mg Kg-1 in normal saline (total volume 25mL) was infused after tracheal intubation, and lidocaine was infused at the rate of lidocaine 2mg Kg-1 h-1 (0.2 ml Kg-1 h-1, equivalent volume as normal saline in dexamethasone group) until the end of surgery (at the time of skin closure).
Dexamethasone 8mg in normal saline (total volume 25mL) was infused after tracheal intubation, and normal saline was continuously infused at the rate of 0.2 ml Kg-1 h-1 until the end of surgery (at the time of skin closure).
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Seoul, South Korea
QoR-40 score
40-item quality-of-recovery scoring system
Time frame: from baseline to 3 hours on the day after surgery
Incidence and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting
10 cm-visual analogue scale
Time frame: from baseline to 3 hours on the day after surgery
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