NCT05109416

Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block on Post Tonsillectomy Pain Among Egyptian Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 210 (actual)
• Sponsor: Minia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Tonsillectomy is one of most common performed surgical procedure in children . tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy have high incidence of Post operative pain , it is very important and significant problem because it can lead to decrease oral intake and dehydration

Detailed description

Tonsillectomy is one of the most common performed surgical procedure in children. Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy have high incidence of Post operative pain incidence . There is still debate about the optimal analgesia for this common procedure , different methods have been described including intraoperative anesthetic pain regimens , adjustment of surgical technique , intraoperative local anesthetic injection and use of pharmacotherapy post operative . The main goal of the preventive analgesia is the pain releif with minimum side effect . The objective of this study is to investigate and compare the effect of Glossopharyngeal nerve block for relief of pain on children following adenotonsillectomy . This is prospective , double blinded , randomized study

Conditions

• Post Tonsillectomy Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Bupivacaine Hydrochloride 0.5% Injection Solution	Local anesthetic
DRUG	Saline 0.9%	Isotonic crystaloid

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-17
• Primary completion: 2022-03-05
• Completion: 2022-03-22
• First posted: 2021-11-05
• Last updated: 2022-04-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt