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dexmedetomidine to ropivacaine in a neck nerve block helps with pain control during thyroid surgery without putting patients to sleep. They wanted to see if it made the anesthesia and pain relief better.

Effect of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant in superficial cervical plexus block, for perioperative analgesia in patients undergoing thyroidectomy surgery under TIVA - Nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/12/078455
Enrollment
40
Registered
2024-12-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: E069- Thyroiditis, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: The VAS scores of patients will be evaluated at 0 hour (immediately after extubation), 1 hour, 2 hour, 6 hour, 12 hour, 24 hour, and 48 hours: Dexmedetomidine 1mcg/kg Control Interventi

Sponsors

Department of Anaesthesiology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ? Patients of age above 18 years of either gender. Patients with ASA grade I and II. Patients undergoing total thyroidectomy surgery under TIVA. Patients who give consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of allergies to local anaesthesia. Contraindication to regional anaesthesia (like patients on anticoagulants) Coagulopathy, chronic use of opioid analgesia or opioid analgesic, analgesic intolerance. Patients with huge goitre.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
study the requirements of rescue analgesia in postoperative period.Timepoint: 24hrs to 48 hrs

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
? To study the duration of analgesia, intraoperative requirement of fentanyl, propofol, muscle relaxants & intraoperative hemodynamicsTimepoint: 1hrs to 48hrs

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactProf Reetu Verma

King Georges Medical University Lucknow

reetuverma1998@gmail.com9473641975

Outcome results

None listed

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