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The effect of atracurium on the ease of hernial surgery

Clinical trial of the effect of atracurium on the ease of hernia surgery in children in compare with routine care

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20170829035978N1
Enrollment
30
Registered
2018-01-19
Start date
2017-12-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

Inguinal Hernia. Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Injection of Atracurium 0.3 mg/kg simultaneously with induction of anesthesia. Intervention 2: Control group: Routine intervention that is performed during all chil
Treatment - Drugs
Intervention group: Injection of Atracurium 0.3 mg/kg simultaneously with induction of anesthesia.
Control group: Routine intervention that is performed during all children's inguinal hernia surgery. The injection of atracurium is not routinely used in these surgeries.

Sponsors

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Months to 7 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children with a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 7 years of age Children with an inguinal hernia undergo elective surgery for a unilateral and indirect hernia Children without underlying illness (collagen vasculature, altoprgenegna)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a history of allergy to atracurium Renal Failure Hepatic Failure

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The ease of the surgeon in seeing the hernia sac. Timepoint: post intervention. Method of measurement: Grading the surgeon satisfaction by researcher constracted scale based on three grades: (1) Easily accessible and found with the first attempt. (2) The hernia sack is not easily found and two or three attempts to find the sack are necessary (3) The sack is hard to find and gets torn when the sack is found.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSahar Ahmadi

Mashhad university of medical sciences

ahmadibs941@mums.ac.ir+98 51 3841 1538

Outcome results

None listed

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