Pain Alleviation of Forearm Fractures

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

fractures of upper limb induce much pain . A lot of modalities are available to alleviate pain. fracture hematoma block, and intravenous regional anesthesia seem to be cost effective and attractive options

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Ketamine; Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients aged more than 18 years old.

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II.

• Patients scheduled for closed fracture of distal upper extremity within 7 days, requiring open or closed reduction and internal fixation.

• Patients scheduled for procedure lasting less than 90 minutes.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients having cardiovascular co-morbidities.

• Compound or contaminated fracture.

• Peripheral vascular disease, sickle cell disease or coagulation disorders.

• Allergy to the local anesthetics or to the drugs used in the study.