A comparison of effects of ultrasound guided intermediate cervical plexus block and local anaesthetic infiltration for perioperative analgesia and introperative hemodynamic stability in patients undergoing retromastoid suboccipital craniotomy

A COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTERMEDIATE CERVICAL PLEXUS BLOCK AND LOCAL ANAESTHETIC INFILTRATION ON HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE AND PERIOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EXCISION OF CEREBELLOPOTINE ANGLE TUMORS WITH RETROMASTOID SUBOCCIPITAL CRANIOTOMY (RMSOC)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2022/07/044429

Enrollment

Registered

2022-07-28

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-08-02

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Ultrasound guided intermediate cervical plexus block and scalp block: 15ml of 0.25% ropivacaine for cervical plexus block and 15ml of 0.25% ropivacaine for scalp block Control Intervent

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients aged between 18 to 60YEARS 2)Patients of both gender 3)Patients with ASA grade 1 and 2 4)Patients with Weight 40 to 80kg 5)Patients with any CP angle tumor with GCS-15

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients with known respiratory and cardiac problems 2)Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic problems 3)Local sepsis 4)Bleeding diathesis 5)Hypersensitivity to local anaesthetics 6)Duration of surgery more than 4 hours

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Hemodynamics at pin insertion, skin incision and dural openingTimepoint: 1 year	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Post operative analgesia as assessed by visual Analogue Scale, SpO2, EtCO2, entropyTimepoint: 1 year	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKandala Harika

Nizams Institute Of Medical Sciences

srilatanims@gmail.com9848352882

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026