Dexamethasone/ Erector Spinae Plane Block Analgesia in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Although considered a minimally invasive procedure, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) frequently results in moderate to severe immediate postoperative pain.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Dexamethasone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing elective LC under general anesthesia, ASA status I-II, aged from 18 to 65 years old of both sex

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindications to regional block (coagulopathy, infection at the needle insertion site, or diaphragmatic paralysis)

• Altered conscious level

• Pregnancy

• Body mass index (BMI > 35)

• Advanced hepatic or renal failure

• Chronic opioid consumption