Efficacy of Preventive Ketamine on Postoperative Pain

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

bupivacaine(intraperitoneally) and ketamine (intraperitoneally): 1. 40 ml volume of bupivacaine 0.25% + ketamine 0.5 mg/kg distributed as 30 ml intraperitoneally and 10 ml as port site infiltration 2. 10 ml normal saline 0.9% will be given intravenous.

bupivacaine(intraperitoneally) and ketamine (intravenously): 1. 40 ml volume of bupivacaine 0.25% only distributed as 30 ml intraperitoneally and 10 ml as port site infiltration 2. 10 ml volume of ketamine 0.5 mg/kg intravenously will be given after delivering the gastric sleeve and before start closure of port sites.

bupivacaine(intraperitoneally): 1. 40 ml volume of bupivacaine 0.25% only distributed as 30 ml intraperitoneally and 10 ml as port site infiltration 2. 10 ml normal saline 0.9% will be given intravenous.

Study summary

* Although bariatric surgery is mainly performed laparoscopically, analgesic optimization is still essential to reduce complications and to improve the patients' comfort. In laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the intraoperative peritoneal instillation of bupivacaine hydrochloride (30 ml, 0.25%) was known to be safe and effective in reducing postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting.
* Furthermore, usage of ketamine both as a pre and post-operative pain management is well established. Ketamine can be used solely or in combination with other co-adjuvant drugs, increasing their efficacy. Many therapeutic properties of ketamine have been attributed to its antagonism mechanism to N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Time to first given rescue analgesia(minutes) — 24 hours postoperatively
  Time to first given rescue analgesia(minutes)

Trial sites (1)

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