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The study will evaluate the efficacy of bilateral infraorbital nerve block versus preoperative nasal packing with long-acting local anesthetic bupivacaine in term of maintaining hemodynamics intraoperative within 20% below baseline to achieve adequate hypotensive anesthesia and longer duration of postoperative analgesia up to 24 hours in patients undergoing transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Active Comparator | the patients will receive bilateral infraorbital block |
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| Group B | Active Comparator | the patients will receive topical intranasal application of bupivacaine |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infraorbital block | Procedure | the patients will receive bilateral infraorbital block |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Mean arterial blood pressure | at the time of mucosal dissection |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative need for magnesium sulphate | Intraoperative need for iv magnesium sulphate up to 3 mg to maintain blood pressure 20% below baseline | the entire duration of surgery |
| Intraoperative need for fentanyl |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Kasr Alaini hospital | Cairo | Egypt |
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| topical intranasal bupivacaine |
| Procedure |
the patients will receive topical intranasal application of bupivacaine |
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Intraoperative need for iv fentanyl blouses 0.5 μg/kg (maximum total dose 5 μg/kg for the entire procedure) if no response to magnesium sulphate
| the entire duration of surgery |
| Intraoperative need for nitroglycerine | Intraoperative need for iv nitroglycerine infusion (5 - 100 mic/min iv) if no response to magnesium sulphate and fentanyl | the entire duration of surgery |
| Postoperative need of pethidine | Postoperative need of pethidine boluses 25 mg with max.100 mg | 24 hours postoprative |
| Postoperative pain assessed by Numeric pain score | Pain score will be assessed postoperatively (using the verbal Numeric Rating Scale [NRS] 0-100; 0 = Non ,100 = Worst imaginable pain) | 24 hours postoprative |