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Intraoprative ketamine infusion and postoperative pain after thyroidectomy

The effect of ketamine infusion during anesthesia on the postoperative pain in patients with endoscopic thyroidectomy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0001247
Enrollment
58
Registered
2014-10-10
Start date
2014-04-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : After induction of anesthesia, patients in control group was administered the same amount of normal saline whereas patients in experimental group received Ketamine (0.5 mg/kg bolus, 2 µg/kg/min

Sponsors

Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with endoscopic thyroidectomy 2) American Society of Anesthesiologist Physical class I-II 3) Aged 19-69 4) Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Allergy with Ketamine 2) Chronic use of Opioid, analgesics 3) Previous surgery of thyroid or chest wall 4) Obesity (BMI = 40 kg/m2) 5) Who cannot understand or express pain scale 6) contraindication to opioid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
anterior chest pain

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
axillary pain;neck pain;total amount of analgesics;postoperative nausea and vomiting;sedation score;headache;dizziness;diplopia;neuropsychiatic symptom(hallucination, bad dream)

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSunsook Han

Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center

Outcome results

None listed

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