Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant for Sub-Tenon's Anesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigator evaluated the motor and sensory block durations and the postoperative analgesic effects of adding dexmedetomidine to levobupivacaine for sub-Tenon's anesthesia in patients undergoing vitreoretinal surgery. Motor and sensory block durations were considered as a primary endpoint.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Magrabi Eye & Ear Hospital
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine; Levobupivacaine

Criteria

inclusion criteria:

• satisfactory akinesia

• predictable surgical time to be less than 3 hours were inclusion criteria for this study

Exclusion Criteria:

• incorporated patients younger than 18 years,

• patients with a single eye,

• history of sleep apnea,

• severe cardiac disease, and

• drug abuse or

• if there was any contraindication to LA.