Comparing Three Different Doses of Intrathecal Ketamine

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-08-11
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the postoperative analgesic effect of three different doses of intrathecal ketamine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 18-70 years.

• BMI: 20-30 kg.m2

• Sex: both males and females.

• ASA physical status: I-III.

• Operation: knee arthroscopy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient's refusal to participate in the study.

• Aged less than 18 years,

• known allergy to L.A.,

• Coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia,

• height less than 150 cm, morbidly obese infection at the site of injection.

• Chronic pain syndromes,

• pregnant woman

• Patients on regular use of analgesic or who received analgesic 24 h before surgery.