Dexamethasone as an Adjuvant in Supraclavicular Block

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The use of dexamethasone perineurally along with local anesthetic has been shown to improve the duration of analgesia .

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. Patients between 18 and 60 years of age 2. Both male and female gender 3. ASA physical status Classes I and II patients 4. Patients posted for upper limb surgery below shoulder.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Patient refusal 2. Patients with bleeding disorders and those on anticoagulant therapy 3. History of allergy to local anesthetics 4. Infection at the site of block

5. Neuro deficit involving brachial plexus 6. Pregnant women 7. Patients with psychiatric behavior 8. ASA physical status Classes III and IV patients