Infraorbital Nerve Block for Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach to Remove Pituitary Tumor

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Perioperative pain relief during endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery is generally treated with opioids either morphine sulfate or fentanyl. This study will compare the traditional method of intravenous fentanyl to the bilateral infraorbital nerve block in adult patients scheduled for pituitary surgery by the transsphenoidal approach.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chiang Mai University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients

• age ≥ 18 years old

• diagnosis of pituitary tumor

• scheduled for endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to remove tumor under general anesthesia with endotracheal tube

Exclusion Criteria:

• the patient is known case of allergy to dexmedetomidine

• the patient allergy to bupivacaine

• the patient does not sign a consent form to participate to the study

• the operation is changed due to cavernous sinus perforation

• the navigator and Mayfield is used to identify the tumor