Effect of Prilocaine vs Bupivacaine on Hemodynamics in Spinal Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-07-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Data comparing prilocaine vs bupivacaine in equipotent doses in the elderly are lacking; therefore, the study will compare the effect of prilocaine vs bupivacaine on hemodynamics in spinal anesthesia for geriatric patients undergoing endoscopic urological surgeries

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Prilocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 65 years old and above.

• Both genders.

• Patients scheduled to undergo endoscopic urological surgeries.

• ASA I and II class.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal.

• Known local anesthetic (LA) allergy.

• Bleeding disorders.

• Skin lesions or infections at site of needle insertion.

• Hypertensive patients.

• Patients candidate for transurethral resection of the prostate

• ASA III and VI class