Comparison Between Bupivacaine-Dexmedetomidine Versus Bupivacaine-Dexamethasone in Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block

Comparison Between Bupivacaine-Dexmedetomidine Versus Bupivacaine-Dexamethasone in Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block as Post-operative Analgesia in Hip Surgeries.

The aim of this work is to compare the effectiveness of bupivacaine- dexmedetomidine mixture versus bupivacaine-dexamethasone mixture in PENG Block as Post-operative Analgesia in Hip surgeries

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18-65 years.
2. Sex: Both sexes.
3. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Class I and II.
4. Scheduled for hip surgeries under spinal anaesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Declining to give written informed consent.
2. History of allergy to the medications used in the study.
3. Contraindications to regional anesthesia (including patient refusal, coagulopathy and local infection).
4. Psychiatric disorder.
5. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Class III and IV.