Post Operative Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Ketamine, Bupivacaine, tonsillectomy, analgesia
Brief summary
Comparison between the analgesic effect of local infiltration of either Bupivacaine or ketamine in the peritonsillar area before the incision of tonsillectomy to achieve postoperative analgesia
Interventions
DRUGKetamine.
Peritonsillar infiltration of ketamine
DRUGBupivacaine
peritonsillar infiltration of Bupivacaine
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 3-20 years old patients * elective tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy with or without ventilation tube application.
Exclusion criteria
* allergy to bupivacaine or ketamine * coagulopathy * endocrine, neuropsychiatric or cardiopulmonary dysfunction * increase intracranial pressure (ICP) * psychiatric illness, history of seizure, patients under chronic analgesic treatment * history of peritonsillar abscess, tonsillar malignancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postoperative pain | 60 minutes postoperatively | The pain will be assessed using modified Hannallah pain scale which includes blood pressure, movement, agitation and posture where zero is the least pain and 2 is the worest necessitating rescue analgesia |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed