Surgery of the knee is a very common procedure which can be very painful and sufficient postoperative pain treatment is often problematic. The aim of this work was to study the effects of supplementation of intra-articular bupivacaine dexmedetomidine with lidocaine 5% patch after arthroscopic knee surgery under general anesthesia and its role in improving quality of anesthesia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
10 ml 0.5 % Bupivacaine and 1µg/kg Dexmedetomidine diluted in 10 ml saline was injected intra-articularly through one of the arthroscopic ports after the end of the surgery under complete aseptic technique and a patch of lidocaine 5% was applied to the skin between the arthroscopic ports
10 ml 0.5 % Bupivacaine and 1µg/kg Dexmedetomidine diluted in 10 ml saline was injected intra-articularly through one of the arthroscopic ports after the end of the surgery under complete aseptic technique without a patch of lidocaine 5%
The total dose of postoperative pethidine consumption
The total dose of postoperative pethidine consumption; Pethidine 20 mg was given as rescue analgesia if pain visual analogue visual analogue scale (VAS) ≥4.
Time frame: 24 hours
First postoperative analgesia request time
First postoperative analgesia (Pethidine 20 mg) request time
Time frame: 24 hours
Pain intensity
Visual analogue scale (VAS) was recorded immediately postoperative and at 30 min, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hours postoperatively. The score ranges from 0 to 10; higher means worse pain
Time frame: 24 hours
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