As the posterior lumbosacral spine fixation surgeries are common spine procedures done nowadays due to different causes and as this spine procedure is mostly accompanied with moderate to severe postoperative pain, so it is necessary to find an effective and efficient postoperative analgesia for patients with this surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
90
1ug/kg dexmedetomidine plus 20 mL of bupivacaine 0.25%
20 ml of bupivacaine 0.25%,
20 ml of normal saline 0.9%.
October 6 university hospital
Giza, Egypt
Postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS)
The visual analog scale (VAS) is a simple and often used method for evaluating variations in pain intensity.
Time frame: the first 24 hours postoperative
Amount of post operative opioid consumption for the first 24 hours
Amount of total opioid consumption for 24 hours postoperative
Time frame: the first 24 hours postoperative
Postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS)
The visual analog scale (VAS) is a simple and often used method for evaluating variations in pain intensity.
Time frame: the second 24 hour postoperative
Amount of post operative opioid consumption for the second 24 hours
Amount of total opioid consumption for the second 24 hours postoperative
Time frame: the second 24 hour postoperative
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