Ultrasound Guided Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block Using Levo-bupivacaine Alone or Combined With Dexmedetomidine for Hand and Forearm Surgeries

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of levo-bupivacaine alone and with dexmedetomidine in Ultrasound guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block for hand and forearm surgeries as regard:

Onset of sensory and motor blockade. Duration of sensory and motor blockade.

Analgesic pain scores using the verbal rating scale (VRS) for pain. Duration of analgesia postoperative complications.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Aswan University Hospital
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Dexmedetomidine; Levobupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 20-65 years old.

• American society of anesthesiologist physical status (ASA): I-II.

• Operation: forearm & hand surgeries.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with chronic pain

• Those using chronic analgesic medications

• History of brachial plexus injury

• Allergy to the study drugs

• Hepatic or renal insufficiency or infection at the site of injection