Techniques for Perioperative Analgesia for Live Liver Donors; A Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study,will evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided subcostal oblique TAP block together with IV infusion of Dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as a type of multimodal analgesic regimen in comparison with IV fentanyl based analgesia only in live liver donors.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine; Fentanyl; Sympathomimetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) physical status I or II

• Scheduled as live liver donors

• J-shaped incision in the supraumblical region

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a history of psychiatric/neurological illness,

• Hypertensive patients,

• Morbidly obese patients,

• Pregnant and nursing women,

• Patients with known allergic reaction to any of the study medications,

• Patients on recent use of sedatives or analgesics,

• Patients with significant laboratory abnormalities