NCT01739270

Dexamethasone Added to Levobupivacaine Improves Postoperative Analgesia

Dexamethasone Added to Levobupivacaine Improves Postoperative Analgesia After Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Blockade

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital Dubrava · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Adding dexamethasone to local anesthetic will significantly prolong duration of brachial plexus anesthesia and analgesia.

Detailed description

Operations of upper extremities are often performed in regional anesthesia blocks. Single-injection blocks are effective, but time limited. Adding 4mg of dexamethasone to 0.5% levobupivacaine will significantly prolong duration of brachial plexus anesthesia and analgesia for fracture operations of upper extremity. This effect will result in less opioid use postoperatively.

Conditions

• Brachial Plexus Anesthesia
• Analgesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2012-12-03
• Last updated: 2015-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Croatia