Peri Tonsillar Infiltration of Ketamine or Bupivacaine for Post Tonsillectomy Analgesia

Sohag University80 enrolled

Overview

Comparison between the analgesic effect of local infiltration of either Bupivacaine or ketamine in the peritonsillar area before the incision of tonsillectomy to achieve postoperative analgesia

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Post Operative Pain

Interventions

Ketamine.DRUG

Peritonsillar infiltration of ketamine

BupivacaineDRUG

peritonsillar infiltration of Bupivacaine

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 20 Years

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Inclusion criteria * 3-20 years old patients * elective tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy with or without ventilation tube application. Exclusion criteria * allergy to bupivacaine or ketamine * coagulopathy * endocrine, neuropsychiatric or cardiopulmonary dysfunction * increase intracranial pressure (ICP) * psychiatric illness, history of seizure, patients under chronic analgesic treatment * history of peritonsillar abscess, tonsillar malignancy.

Locations (1)

Sohag Faculty of Medicine

Sohag, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postoperative pain

The pain will be assessed using modiﬁed Hannallah pain scale which includes blood pressure, movement, agitation and posture where zero is the least pain and 2 is the worest necessitating rescue analgesia

Time frame: 60 minutes postoperatively

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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