The investigators compared between dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine when added to levobupivacaine in the quality and duration of ultrasound-guided interscalene block during shoulder arthroscopy.
Sixty patients were enrolled and divided into three groups 20 each, Group C received 35ml levobupivacaine+2ml normal saline under ultrasound guided interscalene block. Group H received 35ml levobupivacaine+8mg dexamethasone under ultrasound guided interscalene block. Group D received 35ml levobupivacaine+100umg dexmedetomidine+1ml normal saline. The primary outcome was the postoperative pain which was assessed by Visual analog score(VAS), the secondary outcomes were the onset and duration of sensory and motor block, the total amount of analgesic requirement, and blood cortisol level.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Ashraf Eskandr
Shibīn al Kawm, Monufia Governorate, Egypt
Changes in postoperative analgesia
Assessed by measuring severity of pain by visual analog score(score 0 to 10 cm with 0= no pain and 10=worst pain imaginable).
Time frame: During first 2 days after surgery
Postoperative analgesic requirement
Total amount of paracetamol required in mg
Time frame: During first 2 days after surgery
Hemodynamic parameter
Heart rate
Time frame: During first 2 days after surgery
Hemodynamic parameter
Mean arterial blood pressure
Time frame: During first 2 days after surgery
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