Efficacy of Adding Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine in TAP Block and Caudal Block

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-10-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study compares the efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to Bupivacaine in Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block versus Caudal Block for post-operative analgesia in children undergoing congenital inguinal hernia repair especially to provide prolonged post-operative analgesia and decrease opioid consumption.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 2-12 years

• Elective congenital inguinal hernia repair operation under general anaesthesia.

• Physical Status: ASA I and II Patients after taking written and informed consent from the parents or care giver.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of procedure or participation in the study by parents.

• Physical status: ASA III or above.

• Children undergoing bilateral lower abdominal surgeries.

• Infection at site of injection.

• Congenital anomaly of the spine.

• History of developmental delay, neurological disease, skeletal deformities.

• History or evidence of coagulopathy.

• Allergies to drugs used (Bupivacaine 0.5%)( dexmedetomidine/prcedex)