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Analgesic Effect of Infraspinatus-teres Minor Block for Pre-emptive Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Surgeries.
Led by Zagazig University · Updated on 2025-06-12
60
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
33 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The aim of the study to evaluate the efficacy of the infraspinatus-teres minor (ITM) block in improving pre-emptive analgesia, reducing opioid consumption, and enhancing the overall analgesic effect in patients undergoing shoulder surgeries.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Analgesic Effect of Infraspinatus-teres Minor Block for Pre-emptive Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Surgeries.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients' acceptance
- Adults aged 21-65 years old
- Body mass index between 25 and 30 kg/m2
- Both males and females
- Undergoing unilateral shoulder surgery under general anesthesia
- ASA physical status I or II
- Surgery duration less than 3 hours
You will not qualify if you...
- Contraindications to regional anesthesia such as infections, severe neurological, muscular, or bleeding disorders, or anticoagulant use
- Allergy to bupivacaine, dexamethasone, or dexmedetomidine
- Severe cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, or hepatic disease
- Uncontrolled diabetes or chronic opioid therapy
- Psychiatric disorders that interfere with consent or participation
- Neurological diseases affecting nerve block effectiveness, such as neuropathy or spinal cord injury
- Nerve injury or disease around the shoulder joint, including thoracic outlet syndrome, multiple sclerosis, cervical disc disease with radiculopathy, or abnormal upper limb sensory or motor function
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Faculity of medicine, Zagazig university, Zagazig
Zagazig, Egypt, Egypt
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2
Faculty of human medicine, Zagazig university, Zagazig
Zagazig, Egypt
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Research Team
D
Dina Elsadek Salem, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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