Triamcinolone Versus Methylprednisolone in Transversus Abdominis Plane Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-12-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In the current Study we will compare between triamcinolone and methylprednisolone as an additive to bupivacaine drug in ultrasound guided TAP block in major open abdominal surgery .

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: ghada fouad
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate; Triamcinolone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients scheduled for major open abdominal surgery

• American Society Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to II

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal.

• Morbidly obese patients.

• Patients with uncontrolled diabetes.

• Severe or uncontrolled renal, hepatic or endocrinal diseases.

• Pregnancy, post-partum or lactating females

• Allergy to one of the agents used.

• Recent (less than six months) use of glucocorticoids for at least two weeks