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NCT Number: NCT05341323

Peri Tonsillar Infiltration of Ketamine or Bupivacaine for Post Tonsillectomy Analgesia

Comparison between the analgesic effect of local infiltration of either Bupivacaine or ketamine in the peritonsillar area before the incision of tonsillectomy to achieve postoperative analgesia

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Key information

Age range

3 year–20 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Sohag Faculty of Medicine

Sohag, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 3-20 years old patients
  • elective tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy with or without ventilation tube application.

Exclusion criteria

  • allergy to bupivacaine or ketamine
  • coagulopathy
  • endocrine, neuropsychiatric or cardiopulmonary dysfunction
  • increase intracranial pressure (ICP)
  • psychiatric illness, history of seizure, patients under chronic analgesic treatment
  • history of peritonsillar abscess, tonsillar malignancy.

Treatment and study plan

Ketamine.

Drug

Peritonsillar infiltration of ketamine

Bupivacaine

Drug

peritonsillar infiltration of Bupivacaine

Primary outcomes

  1. Postoperative pain

    Time frame: 60 minutes postoperatively

    The pain will be assessed using modified Hannallah pain scale which includes blood pressure, movement, agitation and posture where zero is the least pain and 2 is the worest necessitating rescue analgesia

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sohag University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison Between Peri Tonsillar Infiltration of Ketamine or Bupivacaine for Post Tonsillectomy Analgesia

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Apr 22, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 19, 2022

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