Dexmedetomidine Versus Fentanyl Added to Levobupivacaine for Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The perioperative management of pain following lower abdominal surgery can pose a challenge to anesthesia providers. Conventional practice has involved the use of opioids as well as neuraxial analgesic techniques. Unfortunately, these therapies are not without potential risks and side effects. These include nausea, vomiting, pruritus, urinary retention, constipation, respiratory depression, and sedation.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Dexmedetomidine; Fentanyl; Levobupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA physical status II-III,

• scheduled for uncomplicated elective paraumbilical hernia repair.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient refusal to participate in the study

2. Patients with coagulopathy or under anticoagulation therapy.

3. Infection near the site of needle insertion.

4. Body mass index > 40kg/m2

5. Patients with any neurological or neuromuscular disorder or history of seizures.