Regional Scalp Block Versus IV Parecoxib for Post-operative Cranioplasty Surgery Pain: A Comparis… (NCT05442411) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 1
Regional Scalp Block Versus IV Parecoxib for Post-operative Cranioplasty Surgery Pain: A Comparison of Pain Score.
Malaysia58 participantsStarted 2021-03-09
Plain-language summary
To compare the post cranioplasty pain score using scalp block versus conventional analgesia using IV Parecoxib and requirement of morphine between two groups as rescue analgesia
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Age range18 Years – 60 Years
SexALL
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Fifty-eight patients with written informed consent and American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) physical status I and II, aged 18 to 60 years old, pre-operative GCS of 15 and underwent elective cranioplasty surgery under general anaesthesia (GA) between September 2019 until March 2022 were selected for the study and randomized by computer generated randomization into two groups; Regional Scalp Block (n = 29) and IV Parecoxib (n = 29). The patients were excluded from this study if they were a known allergy to local anesthesia or NSAIDS, had risk for bleeding tendency or coagulopathy, low preoperative platelets count (\< 100 x103/mL) or with underlying bronchial asthma. The patient withdrawn from the study if he or she was not able to score post pain using Visual analog Scale (VAS) or had redo surgery for postoperative bleeding.