Clonidine for Infra-orbital Nerve Block During Pediatric Cleft Lip Revision Surgeries
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Pain in children is usually an undertreated entity. Undertreating perioperative pain could
lead to various metabolic, physiologic, and neurophysiological responses. The usual means of
management i.e., opioids may increase the incidence of respiratory depression in this age
group. Adequate postoperative analgesia in children is a vital part of perioperative care.
Good pain relief minimizes oxygen requirement, reduces cardio-respiratory demands, and
promotes early ambulation and recovery. Regional block given preoperatively in combination
with general anesthesia provides good preemptive analgesia. It is associated with hemodynamic
stability, rapid and complete recovery, and reduced analgesic requirement in postoperative
period.
Type of the study: A prospective randomized controlled double-blind study.