Nasal packing is frequently applied after nasal surgery. Nasal packing reduces epistaxis, prevents septal hematoma and stabilizes nasal septum. Nasal mucosa is quite sensitive to pain, therefore the most common problems after surgery are postoperative pain and anxiety during removal of the nasal packing. Lots of methods have been tried to control this pain (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, nerve blockade with long-acting local anesthetics, local anesthetics infiltration into nasal packing). Glucocorticoids have been used as an adjuvant in the management of acute postoperative pain. Perineural dexamethasone as an adjuvant for the single-injection nerve block can prolong analgesia and reduce opioid-requiring after surgery. Furthermore dexamethasone reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting incidance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
%0.5 bupivacaine
8 mg Dexamethasone
Ataturk University
Erzurum, Yakutiye, Turkey (Türkiye)
Analgesic consumption
Analgesic consumption first 24 hours
Time frame: Postoperative 24 hours
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain) at first hour postoperatively.
Time frame: postoperative first hour
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain) at second hour postoperatively.
Time frame: postoperative second hour
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain) at 4th hour postoperatively.
Time frame: postoperative 4th hour
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain) at 8th hour postoperatively.
Time frame: postoperative 8th hour
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain) at 12th hour postoperatively.
Time frame: postoperative 12th hour
Visual analog pain score
Post operative pain will be evaluated with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of 0-10 (0= no pain and 10= worst imaginable pain) at 24th hour postoperatively.
Time frame: postoperative 24th hour
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