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Study aim
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The effect of intravenous dexamethasone and magnesium sulfate injection on pain after laparoscopic head cystectomy surgery
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Design
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A double-blind, randomized, phase 3 clinical trial on 60 patients with ASA class I, II, using a simple random assignment method with placement, and after the end of the study, all information was analyzed using the statistical software SPSS for Windows (Version 25, (IBM, corp were investigated.
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Settings and conduct
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After referring the patients to the teaching hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (Golestan and Imam Khomeini), they will be selected and randomly assigned to two groups and after obtaining permission from the Ethics Committee of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences and completing an informed consent form. Participation in the study, patients will be included in the study based on the criteria.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The study inclusion criteria include patients between 18-70 years old, candidates for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery, satisfaction with the study exclusion criteria including known allergy to one of the study drugs (dexamethasone/magnesium sulfate), liver-kidney-heart dysfunction, History of taking steroid drugs before surgery, neuromuscular disease, taking opioids or painkillers within 3 days before the study, taking calcium channel blockers, not signing a written consent form.
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Intervention groups
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15 minutes before the start of general anesthesia, patients in group M were given a bolus dose of 50 mg/kg magnesium sulfate for 15 minutes and an infusion of 10 mg/kg magnesium sulfate in normal saline until the end of the procedure, and group D, 1 mg/kg intravenous dexamethasone 15 minutes before induction and 0.4 mg/kg/h will be given as an infusion during the procedure.
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Main outcome variables
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Pain