Ketamine for Shoulder Pain Following Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseEarly Phase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorKing Abdullah University Hospital

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

50 Participants
are divided into 2 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