The Use of Fentanyl in General Anesthesia for Craniotomy With or Without 0.5% Levobupivacaine Scalp Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study evaluates the use of fentanyl during craniotomy in two groups of brain tumor patients. The control group will receive standard general anesthesia with the use of fentanyl for intraoperative pain control and the study group will receive scalp nerve block with 0.5% levobupivacaine (local anesthetic) and also fentanyl for intraoperative pain control. The scalp nerve block might reduce the dose of fentanyl and promote faster emergence from general anesthesia.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mahidol University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Fentanyl; Levobupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• supratentorial brain tumor

Exclusion Criteria:

• tumor size>4 cm

• Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) <15

• already intubated

• uncontrolled hypertension

• can not communicate