Status:
COMPLETED
Safety and Efficacy of Bilateral Superficial Cervical Plexus Block in Thyroidectomy
Lead Sponsor:
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research
Conditions:
Pain
Postoperative
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-65 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
With thyroid surgery being performed as an ambulatory procedure, most recent studies concerning post thyroidectomy analgesia are focused on regional techniques such as bilateral superficial cervical p...
Detailed Description
To find out if addition of BSCPB to general anesthesia with bupivacaine with or without clonidine prolongs the time needed for postoperative analgesic and facilitate to perform thyroidectomy as a day ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Consenting consecutive euthyroid patients undergoing elective thyroidectomy under general anesthesia, of either genders and more than 18 years of age, belonging to the ASA class I and II.
Exclusion
- Patients unable to understand visual analog pain score (VAS) or unable to use patient controlled analgesia (PCA).
- Patients with malignancy requiring block dissection or with substernal goiters - Contraindications to superficial cervical plexus block like allergy to local anesthetics, bleeding diatheses and local infection or sepsis.
- Contraindications to morphine like bronchial asthma and hypothyroidism.
- Sensitivity to the anesthetic agent used or intolerance to the medications used in the study.
- Patients who received steroids or opioids or other analgesics recently.
- Patients with history of stridor.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01454609
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
July 1 2010
Last Update
October 19 2011
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Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
Puducherry, Puducherry, India, 605013