Fentanyl as an Adjuvant to Peribulbar Block in Buckle or Squint Surgeries

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The use of fentanyl as an adjuvant to local anesthetic mixture in many regional blocks. It was effective when used in peribulbar block in cataract and vitreoretinal surgeries.

Our study will assess its efficacy in abolishing pain during muscle traction which is usually a complain for many patients a reason to use systemic opioid intra operatively or even general anesthesia

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Egypt
• Treatments: Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA 1, 2 & 3

• Age 18 to 70

• Patients undergoing squint or buckle surgeries

Exclusion Criteria:

• Sensitivity to any drug used in this study

• Refusal of the patient for peribulbar block

• Redo squint surgeries or previous buckle insertion

• High axial length if documented

• mentally retarded patients and

• failure of proper communication as in deafness,

• coagulation abnormalities (INR>1.4),

• infection at the injection site