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Effect of addition of different additives: Magnesium Sulfate and Dexamethasone versus plain Bupivacaine in Ultrasound guided Erector Spinae Plane Block in Pediatrics undergoing repair of Inguinal Hernia.

Effect of addition of different additives: Magnesium Sulfate and Dexamethasone versus plain Bupivacaine in Ultrasound guided Erector Spinae Plane Block in Pediatrics undergoing repair of Inguinal Hernia.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202306690104069
Enrollment
68
Registered
2023-06-27
Start date
2022-02-25
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anaesthesia

Interventions

Erector spinea block in pediatrics by plain bupivacine
Erector spinae block by bupivacine and magnesium
Erector spinae block using dexamesthasone added to bupivacaine

Sponsors

Faculty of medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: o Age: 1 to 7 years o Children within normal weight for age percentiles for 1 to 7 years o Children of either sexes undergoing inguinal hernia will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: o Parents refusing to participate in the study. o Children with coagulation disorders. o Hypersensitivity to study medications. o Developmental or mental delay. o Skin lesions or infection at the planned site of needle insertion. o Any patient with major comorbid diseases e.g.: cardiac or renal diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Postoperative assessment by Children's hospital eastern Ontario pain scale which assess patient according to Parameters :cry from 1 to 3,facial from 0 to 2,child verbal from 0 to 2 , Torso from 1 to 2,Touch from 1 to 2,Legs from 1 to 2 , if the scale is more than 5 at 1 hour, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 24 hours intervals postoperative a dose of 10mg/kg of paracetamol suppository will be given as a rescue analgesia Time to first dose paracetamol as a postoperative rescue analgesia for each group will be recorded. The total dose of fentanyl that will be used as a rescue intraoperative analgesia if needed will be recorded for each group. The total dose of paracetamol that will be given postoperative as rescue analgesia will be recorded

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Safety profile of technique and incidence of complications between the three groups

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactFatma Aref

assisstant lecturer at department of anesthsia faculty of medicine ain shams university

fatmaaref6@gmail.com+0201062932835

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026