The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of deep neuromuscular block on postoperative pain, duration of surgery, quality of surgical field, length of recovery room stays, Total amount of rescue analgesic, postoperative nausea/vomiting, and length of hospital stay.
Acute-pain management in surgery patients is accompanied by an array of negative consequences, including increased morbidity, impaired physical function, and quality of life, slowed recovery, prolonged opioid use during and after hospitalization, and increased cost of care. Reducing pneumo-peritoneum (PP) is one technique for reducing postoperative pain. The effect of low PP on postoperative pain remains a controversial topic with other studies reporting no difference in postoperative pain levels between the Two pressures. Deep neuromuscular block (DNMB) in abdominal surgeries is associated with various advantages, such as lower abdominal pressure, lower pain and rescue opioid consumption, as well as less bleeding. DNMB may facilitate the use of reduced insufflation pressure without compromising the surgical field of vision. However, its usage is limited due to a lack of predictable and rapid recovery with conventional NMB antagonists (neostigmine) or spontaneous recovery
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
44
Patients will receive deep neuromuscular block by using cis-atracurium. After tracheal intubation for 15 min, a cis-atracurium pump will be started, and its rate will be adjusted to maintain a post-tetanic count (PTC) in the 1-2 range.
Patients will receive moderate neuromuscular block by using cis-atracurium. Pump delivery of cis-atracurium will be started when the TOF count returned to 2. The TOF count is maintained between 1 and 3 by adjusting the pump rate
Tanta University
Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt
The degree of pain
The degree of pain will be evaluated using the numerical rating scale (NRS) from (0 to 10), zero means no pain and ten means the worst pain. It will be measured at PACU, 1h, 2h. 4hr, 6h, 8h, 12h, 18h, 24h, 36h and 48h postoperative.
Time frame: 48 hours postoperatively
Time of first analgesic
Time of first analgesic will be measured from the end of surgery till first dose of morphine administrated. If numerical rating scale (NRS) is more than 3, intravenous morphine 3mg will be administered as rescue analgesia.
Time frame: 48 hours postoperatively
Total opioid consumption in 1st 48h
A standardized analgesic regimen will be prescribed in the post-operative period. All patients will receive paracetamol 1 gm every 6 h as routine analgesia. If numerical rating scale (NRS) is more than 3, intravenous morphine 3mg will be administered as rescue analgesia.
Time frame: 48 hours postoperatively
The degree of Patient satisfaction
The degree of patient satisfaction will be assessed on a 5-point scale: (0= extremely dissatisfied, 1= unsatisfied, 2= neither satisfied nor unsatisfied, 3= satisfied), 4= extremely satisfied).
Time frame: 48 hours postoperatively
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