Lower abdominal surgeries cause significant pain and can be managed by injecting local anesthetic agents between muscles of abdominal wall that can provide post operative pain relief and its duration can be prolonged by adding drugs to local anesthetic regimen
TAPP block can provide significant post operative analgesia following lower abdominal surgery and its duration can be prolonged by adding adjuvants to local anesthetics.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
20 ml 0.25% Bupivacaine along with 0.5 Mcg/kg of Dexmedetomidine will be given in TAPP block bilaterally
20 ml 0.25% Bupivacaine along with 4 mg of Dexamethasone will be given in TAPP block bilaterally
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad
Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan
RECRUITINGResuce analgesia
Time frame: Time in the post operative period when patient first demands rescues analgesia will be noted in minutes
Department of Anesthesia Principal Investigator
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