Dexmedetomidine in Postoperative Analgesia

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

There is a high incidence reaching up to 45%; of severe intraoperative and postoperative pain associated with arthroscopic shoulder surgery, which is often significant enough to interfere with initial recovery and rehabilitation.Various peripheral nerve blocks have been used to reduce intraoperative anesthetic requirements to improve rapid recovery and reduce postoperative pain.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: New Valley University
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing elective shoulder arthroscopy under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

Contraindications to regional block (coagulopathy, infection at the needle insertion site, or diaphragmatic paralysis) 2- Altered conscious level 3- Pregnancy 4-Body mass index (BMI > 35) 5- Patients who have difficulty understanding the study protocol 6- Patients who have any known contraindication to study medications 7- Patient refusal.