Ketamine, Lidocaine and Combination for Postoperative Analgesia in Open Liver Resection
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-12-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Lidocaine and ketamine both are being used for perioperative analgesia. Perioperative
lidocaine infusion has been shown to reduce postoperative pain and opioid consumption.
Perioperative low dose Ketamine has shown improved postoperative pain and reduced opioid
usage. We therefore tested the hypothesis that the combination would provide better analgesia
in the milieu of intrathecal morphine.