Comparison of Intraoperative Low-Dose Ketodex and Fentanyl Infusion for Postoperative Analgesia In Spine Surgery : A Prospective Randomized Double-Blind Study

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective randomized double-blind study.

PURPOSE: To assess the analgesic effects of the combination of a low-dose ketamine and dexmedetomidine (ketodex) infusion and compare it with that of fentanyl for postoperative analgesia after spine surgeries.

OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Adequate pain management following spine surgeries is crucial. Approximately 57% of patients experience inadequate pain control in the first 24 hours following elective spine surgery, which is attributable to the extensive soft tissue and muscle damage.

METHODS: The study included 60 patients graded American Society of Anesthesiologists I and II and scheduled for thoracolumbar spine surgery involving >3 vertebral levels. The patients were divided into two groups: group KD (ketodex) and group F (fentanyl). The primary objective was to compare the postoperative analgesic requirements among the groups. The secondary objectives included a comparison of the intraoperative anesthetic requirements, postoperative pain scores, hemodynamic parameters, side effects of the study drugs, and the duration of post-anesthesia care unit stay of both the groups.

RESULTS: Ketodex use prolonged the mean time to first rescue analgesia (22.00±2.30 hours vs. 11.69±3.02 hours, p <0.001) and reduced the requirement of rescue analgesics in the first 24 hours postoperatively compared to fentanyl use (70.00±8.16 μg vs. 113.31±36.65 μg, p =0.03). The intraoperative requirement of desflurane was comparable between the groups (p >0.05). The postoperative pain scores were significantly lower in the group KD than in group F at most timepoints (p <0.05). Patients in group KD had a shorter post-anesthesia care unit stay than group F did (p <0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Low-dose ketodex could be a safe substitute for fentanyl infusion when employed as an anesthetic adjuvant for patients undergoing thoracolumbar spine surgeries involving >3 vertebral levels to achieve prolonged analgesia without any opioidrelated side effects.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Asian spine journal - 17(2023), 5 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 894-903

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thappa, Priya [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Nidhi [VerfasserIn]
Luthra, Ankur [VerfasserIn]
Deshpande, Pruthviraj [VerfasserIn]
Chauhan, Rajeev [VerfasserIn]
Meena, Shyam C [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Vishal [VerfasserIn]
Singla, Navneet [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesia
Dexmedetomidine
Fentanyl
Journal Article
Ketamine
Ketodex
Spine

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Date Revised 05.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.31616/asj.2022.0439

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36081980X