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Study aim
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Determining the effect of local Injection of Lidocaine on reducing pain after tansillectomy in children
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Design
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Clinical trial, randomized, parallel group design of 134 patients, triple blind
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Settings and conduct
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The present study is a Triple-Blind clinical trial that will be done at Persian Gulf Martyr’s Hospital, Bushehr, on 134 children aged 5 to 12 years old need tonsillectomy. For random allocation of patients, the surgeon uses a double block to divide the patients into two groups of intervention ( Lidocaine recipients) and control (Normal saline recipients). the patient,
person evaluating pain and data analyzer will get full blindness on this study and only the surgeon will be fully informed.The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale, On this scale, 6 components, which include: crying, facial, child verbal, torso, touch and legs, are evaluated. During evaluation In each part there will be given 0 or 1+ or 2+ points in the various modes, except screaming mode in the cry section that has 3+ points. More points indicate more pain and discomfort.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
1.Age between 5-12 years, 2.Chronic tonsillitis or recurrent tonsillitis, 3.Severe tonsil hypertrophy causing mechanical obstruction
Exclusion criteria:
1.Coagulation disorder, 2.Cardiovascular patients, 3.Disagreement of parents
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Intervention groups
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In the intervention group: for patients before tansillectomy operation using lidocaine ampoule of 20 mg/ml from Darou Pakhsh company, will be injected at the dose of 1 mg/kg in the tonsillar bed. Lidocaine injection following general anesthesia is performed once by the surgeon.
In the control group: before tansillectomy operation, 2 cc normal saline will be injected as a placebo in the tonsillar bed.
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Main outcome variables
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Evaluation of pain after tonsillectomy