NCT02282787

Dexmedetomidine Adjuvant in Retinal Surgery

DEXMEDETOMIDINE ADJUVANT TO LOCAL ANAESTHESIA FOR PERIBULBAR BLOCKS IN RETINAL SURGERY

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: King Saud University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

During LA in retinal surgery there is some problem as regard the lack of anaesthesia duration and unexpected globe movement .so many adjuvant was added to LA to overcome this disadvantages of LA such as clonidine and fentanyl . The investigators hypothesis is adding dexmedetomidine to pribulbal blocking LA will prolong anaesthesia duration and improve globe akinesia and decrease intraoperative supplementation of LA.There are Many studies had described the effects of dexmedetomidine on peripheral nerve blocks, spinal but up to date no knowledge is available on the impact of dexmedetomidine adjuvant to local anaesthetic in ophthalmic surgery

Conditions

• Peribulbar Anesthesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	DEXMEDETOMIDINE	Does adding 5 or 10 micron of DEXMEDETOMIDINE to peribulbar anesthesia is any different from regular peribulbar anesthesia practice?

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2014-11-04
• Last updated: 2015-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia