Overview

The Effect of Paravertebral Block With Dexamethasone on Intraoperative and Postoperative Analgesia in Children Undergoing Surgery for Coarctation of Aorta

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2017-04-15

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

Anesthetic management for surgery of aortic coarctation needs special care due to severe pain during lateral thoracotomy incision, the intraoperative hemodynamic instability related to skin incision at lateral thoracotomy, clamping and declamping of the aorta, needs of large doses of analgesia perioperative, needs of vasodilators. Also, postoperative care of the patients after repair is very important issue. The investigators will compare the effect of para-vertebral block with bupivacaine alone or with dexamethasone on Intra and postoperative analgesia.

Phase:

Phase 1

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Cairo University

Treatments:

BB 1101
Bupivacaine
Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone acetate