Analgesic Efficacy of Clonidine As an Adjuvant in Ultrasound-guided Rectus Sheath Block for Midline Incisional Hernia Repair - A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol

Specialty Anesthesiology

Date 2023 Aug 11

PMID 37564850

Authors

Geetanjali T Chilkoti

Prakriti Maurya

Medha Mohta

Ashok K Saxena

Anju Gupta

Navneet Kaur

Shuchi Bhatt

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Abstract

Background And Aims: Clonidine as an adjuvant has not been evaluated in rectus sheath block (RSB) for postoperative pain management in incisional hernia repair. The study aims to evaluate clonidine as an adjuvant in single-shot RSB along with general anesthesia (GA).

Material And Methods: This randomized, double-blind controlled study was conducted following IEC-Human approval and written informed consent from 30 patients of either sex, aged 16 to 60 years, ASA physical status I or II undergoing midline incisional hernia repair under GA. All patients received ultrasound-guided bilateral RSB following administration of GA. The subjects enrolled in the study were randomly allocated to receive either normal saline 1 mL (group B) or clonidine 1 μg/kg diluted to 1 mL with normal saline (group BC) as adjuvant along with 9 mL bupivacaine hydrochloride 0.25%. Inj. tramadol 1 mg/kg was administered for rescue analgesia. The primary outcome was the time to first request for analgesia, and secondary outcomes were total consumption of rescue analgesic over 24 h, numerical rating score (NRS), patients' satisfaction, hemodynamics, and side effects. Unpaired t-test and Chi-square test were used.

Results: On intergroup analysis, the mean time to first request for analgesia (in min) was significantly higher in group BC i.e., [9.60 (± 5.23) vs 5.33 (± 3.53); ( < 0.034]; whereas, the mean rescue analgesic consumption in 24 h (in mg) was higher in group B i.e., [(88.00 ± 60.97) vs (46.00 ± 48.08)]; ( < 0.045)]. Hemodynamic parameters i.e., mean blood pressure and heart rate were comparable between the two groups, and there were no side effects.

Conclusion: Clonidine as an adjuvant in single-shot ultasonography (USG)-guided RSB along with GA is efficacious for postoperative pain management following midline incisional hernia repair.

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