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Study aim
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To investigate the effect of subcutaneous injection of metoclopramide, pethidine or ketamine on preventing the postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair under general anesthesia compared to the control group.
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Design
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Randomized, triple-blinded, controlled and preventive clinical trial with a parallel group design of 104 patients.
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Settings and conduct
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This clinical trial, will be carried out in Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, in order to assess and compare the effect of ketamine, pethidine and metoclopramide subcutaneous administration at the incision site, compared to the control group(normal saline) for prevention of pain after inguinal hernia repair surgery. 104 patients will be selected and randomly divided into four groups of 26 patients. Their pain using VAS score, the hemodynamic parameters, extubation and recovery time, drug complications, total rescue analgesic consumption, time to first analgesic request and satisfaction score will be evaluated within the first 24 hours after surgery. the patients, the person injecting the drug, and the person analyzing the data will be unaware of the type of the drugs.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The patients with ages of 18-65 years old and an ASA class I-II who are candidates for elective inguinal hernia repair under general anesthesia will be included in our study. Exclusion criteria will include uncontrolled systemic diseases, history of chronic pains in the previous 6 months and any analgesic consumption in the previous 24 hours.
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Intervention groups
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The patients will receive subcutaneous injection at the incision site, based on their grouping code: 1) 0.5 mg/kg Ketamine; 2) 0.75 mg/kg Petidine; 3) 0.1 mg/kg Metoclopramide & 4) Normal saline.
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Main outcome variables
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The pain intensity using VAS score within the first 24 hours after surgery.