Clinical trial NCT06406712: Retroclavicular Block in Vascular Surgey
Official title: Efficacy of Retroclavicular Dexamethasone With Bupivacaine in Patients Undergoing Upper Limb Vascular Surgeries
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pain Management
Lead sponsor: New Valley University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-09
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The retroclavicular (coracoid) approach for brachial plexus anesthesia is recognized for its facility and simplicity to perform .

The block has been well described in the anesthesia community since it was first introduced by Hebbard and Royse in 2007 . In 2017, Luftig . first described the block's use in the ED setting for a variety of indications . Because of its different needle entry point, the retro clavicular (RCB) approach offers an almost perpendicular needle-ultrasound (US) beam angle.

Detailed description: Regional anesthesia (RA) offers several advantages over general anesthesia (GA) for upper limb orthopedic surgery. One of the advantages is the improvement in postoperative pain, which leads to decreased use of postoperative opioids needs and reduces the recovery time for patients . A variety of approaches for regional blockade for upper extremity surgery have been described.

Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid drug that has been used as an adjuvant to reduce postoperative pain.

The use of peri neural dexamethasone (i.e. dexamethasone added to the local anesthesia solution) as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve block to improve analgesia provided by local anesthetic alone . Peri neural dexamethasone, as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve block, has been associated with faster onset of anesthesia , longer duration of anesthesia/analgesia decreased postoperative pain intensity and decreased postoperative analgesia requirements compared with local anaesthetic alone . The exact mechanism by which dexamethasone reduces pain is not known. The decrease in pain intensity and the prolonged analgesia attained with the use of perineural dexamethasone may be the result of a local, or systemic action, or both . Dexamethasone may act locally on glucocorticosteroid receptors to induce vasoconstriction, thereby decreasing systemic absorption of local anaesthetics . Other potential mechanisms of action include suppression of C-fibre transmission of pain signals and direct action on the nerve cell to reduce neural discharge . Dexamethasone may act systemically by reducing the inflammatory response caused by surgical tissue injury .

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing upper limb vascular surgey .

Exclusion Criteria:

* - Contraindications to regional block (coagulopathy, infection at the needle insertion site, or diaphragmatic paralysis).
* Altered conscious level.
* Pregnancy.
* Body mass index (BMI \> 35).
* Patients who have difficulty understanding the study protocol.
* Patients who have any known contraindication to study medications.
* Patient refusal.

Primary outcomes:
measure: sensory and motor duration of block
timeFrame: 24 hours
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Asyut
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Medicine
Study officials:
affiliation: faculty of medicine , new valley university
name: ahmed ismail, lecture
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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