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Pain relief for anal surgeries

A randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of methylene blue as a postoperative analgesic agent in anorectal surgery

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/05/052899
Enrollment
64
Registered
2023-05-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-05-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K602- Anal fissure, unspecified Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Methylene blue group: at the end of the Anal surgery, 0.167% methylene blue compound (2 ml methylene blue with 10 ml ropivacaine mixture) shall be hypodermically with a skin test needle

Sponsors

SRM Institute of science and Technology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All adult patients with the diagnoses of heamorrhoids, fissure in ano, fistula in ano and perianal abscess, admitted under the General Surgery department in SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre. Patients who consent to participate in the study. Patients who are fit for spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who are Patients who do not consent to participate in the study. Patients who are deemed not fit for spinal anaesthesia • Patients with drug allergy to local anaesthetic agent Patients with local dermatological problems Patients with known renal disease shall be excluded from the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of breakthrough painTimepoint: after surgery ,30 min,1 hrs ,2 hrs and after 4hrs

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Wound healing shall be assessed and possible complications including skin necrosis and development of fecal incontinence shall also be looked out for at these visits.Timepoint: 24hrs,1week and 2 weeks

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAthira Gopinathan

SRM Institute of science and Technology

balamurr@srmist.edu.in9841434506

Outcome results

None listed

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