NCT01675895

Addition of Lidocaine to Levobupivacaine Reduces Intrathecal Block Duration

Addition of Lidocaine to Levobupivacaine Reduces Intrathecal Block Duration: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective was to test the hypothesis that adding lidocaine to hyperbaric levobupivacaine could change the duration of levobupivacaine spinal block.

Detailed description

A satisfactory spinal anaesthesia requires both a fast onset and proper duration at the same time. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P) is a surgery of medium duration. The addition of lidocaine to hyperbaric bupivacaine shortens the duration of bupivacaine spinal block and therefore provides more rapid recovery. This property of lidocaine is not verified with other local anesthetics. Levobupivacaine is a S-enantiomer of racemic bupivacaine and is a long acting local anesthetic.The aim of this prospective randomized controlled study was to investigate this effect of lidocaine, with a local anesthetic other than bupivacaine. It was hypothesized that the duration of the intrathecal block could change when performed with hyperbaric levobupivacaine mixed with low dose lidocaine and this technique could be consistent for the duration of TUR-P surgery. Participants will be followed on the day of surgery for primary and secondary outcome measures and 3 days postoperatively for complications (TNS).

Conditions

• Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Levobupivacaine lidocaine spinal anesthesia	Spinal anesthesia
DRUG	levobupivacaine Spinal anesthesia	spinal anesthesia

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-07-01
• Completion: 2011-07-01
• First posted: 2012-08-30
• Last updated: 2012-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)