This study aims to compare the effects of local wound infiltration with ketamine versus dexmedetomidine when added to bupivacaine on inflammatory cytokine response after total abdominal hysterectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
60
patients receive local anesthetic wound infiltration with 1 mg /kg ketamine
patients receive local anesthetic wound infiltration with 1µg/kg dexmedetomidine
patients receive local anesthetic wound infiltration with bupivacaine 0.5 % diluted in 20 ml saline
South Egypt Cancer instIitute
Asyut, Egypt
severity of pain at rest and on coughing
severity of pain at rest and on coughing will be assessed using a 10-cm Visual Analog Scale (0 = no pain and 10 = worst imaginable pain)
Time frame: 24 hours
sedation
sedation by using sedation score
Time frame: 24 hours
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