NCT03069027

Efficacy of External Nasal Nerve Block in Prevention of Postoperative Agitation Following Nasal Surgeries

Efficacy of External Nasal Nerve Block on Postoperative Agitation Following Nasal Surgeries Under General Anesthesia. Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Al Jedaani Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Emergence agitation following general anaesthesia may lead to serious complications like self-extubation or removal of catheters, which can lead to hypoxia, aspiration pneumonia, bleeding or reoperation. Nose surgery is associated with a higher incidence of emergence agitation. The investigators planned to evaluate the efficacy of external nasal nerve block in prevention of postoperative agitation following external nasal surgeries under general anesthesia(GA).

Conditions

• Agitation States as Acute Reaction to Gross Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	External nasal nerve block	Three single (midline injection) and 4 paired (bilateral injection) sites to block the external nasal sensation.
DRUG	saline adrenaline
DRUG	Xylocaine, adrenaline

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-15
• Primary completion: 2017-04-15
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2017-03-03
• Last updated: 2017-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia