Surgery Anaesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ? Physical status ASA I and ASA ll. ? Both males and females Age older than or equal 18 Years. ? Patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery for single level disc (discectomy and laminectomy). ? Duration of operation less than or equal 3 hrs
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient refusal. ? Patients below 18 years old. ? Patients with a history of allergy to opioids or contrast local anaesthetics and medium (Iohexol). ? Patients undergoing revision surgery. ? Patients having surgery for trauma, tumour, or infection. ? Pre-existing peripheral neuropathies and coagulopathy. ? Patients who developed intraoperative surgical complications (e.g dural tear).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| First time to seek analgesia postoperative (starting from transferring the patient to PACU). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative pain score, using The Visual Analogue Scale (0 to 10) to be assessed every 4 hours. ? Total analgesic consumption of morphine postoperative (in miligrams) for 24 hours postoperative. ? The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. ? Length of hospital stay (in hours). ? Time taken in minutes (starting from optimization of image either by US or Fluoroscopy to end of injection) | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
assistant professor of anaesthesia