Anaesthesia and analgesia in the arm Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
The patients were randomly divided into two groups:
Group L (n=32): Levobupivacaine (Chirocaine, 5 mg/mL
Abbott Lab/Turkey) with isotonic sodium chloride
Group D (n=32): Levobupivacaine and dexmedetomidine (Precedex 200 mcg / 2 mL, Meditera, Turkey) with isotonic sodium chloride
Sponsors
Cumhuriyet University (Turkey)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18-60 2. Male and female participants 3. Scheduled forearm and hand surgery patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a history of cardiac, respiratory, hepatic, or renal failure, coagulopathy, and allergy to amid local anesthetics 2. Receiving adrenoreceptor agonist or antagonist therapy, chronic analgesic therapy 3. Pregnant women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Sensory and motor block onset time, defined as the time between the end of the local anesthetic injection and no response to the pinprick test and complete paralysis 2. Sensory and motor block durations. The duration of sensory block was considered as the time interval between the complete sensory block and the first postoperative pain, and the duration of motor block was defined as the time interval between the complete paralysis and complete recovery of motor function 3. Time to first analgesic use recorded during postoperative first 12 hours | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mean arterial pressure 2. Heart rate | — |
Countries
Turkey
Outcome results
None listed