About this trial
Shoulder pain is a well-recognized complaint following laparoscopic surgery. It is underlying mechanism has various causes, therefore, modalities in management and prevention of this sort of pain are numerous with different success rates. In the light of this, the investigators aim to compare an anesthetic management plan involving using ketamine (which is a known intraoperative anesthetic agent) to another not involving it for participants undergoing gastric sleeve, and compare the incidence and intensity of shoulder pain afterwards.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
patients aged 18-60
American society of anesthesiologist grade 1,2
BMI > 40
BMI > 35 with obesity-related comorbidities
Disqualifiers
mentally incapacitated
patients received any type of analgesia 24hr preoperatively except paracetamol
history of drug abuse
patients with low ejection fraction
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Intraoperative ketamine
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
King Abdullah University Hospital
Lead sponsor
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Sponsor institution
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Collaborator