Anaesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine Ain shams University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • ASA physical status I, II AND III. • Type of surgeries: Phacoemulsification surgeries for cataract extraction. • Axial length of the globe (AXL) < 30 mm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • ASA physical status IV & V. • Axial length (AXL) of the globe >30 mm. • Patients with contraindications to the block (with bleeding tendencies or on anticoagulant drugs, with infection at the site of injection or allergies to the test drugs). • Patients who could not lie flat for long periods of time. • Patients with tremors or agitation. • Patients with communication difficulties such as mental retardation, deafness, or disturbed conscious level. • Patients with single-seeing eye. • Prolonged or complicated surgeries duration > 3 hours. • Patients refusing to be included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To prove that adding dexmedetomidine or magnesium sulphate to the anesthetic mixture in peribulbar block will enhance the quality & the duration of the peribulbar block . | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to compare between the effects of dexmedetomidine versus magnesium sulphate as an adjuvants to single-injection peribulbar anesthesia as a secondary goal. | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactMaha El Derh
Lecturer of anesthesiology
Outcome results
None listed