Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Scalp Block on Opioid Use, Hemodynamics, and Postoperative Inflammation in Craniotomy

ConditionCraniotomy Surgery

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorFatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

About this trial

This study shows that in craniotomy patients using a skull pin head holder, an ultrasound-guided scalp block reduces perioperative opioid consumption, improves hemodynamic stability, and decreases the inflammatory response.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Aged 18 years and older

Scheduled for elective intracranial surgery with skull pin head holder fixation

Classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III

Provided written informed consent in the preoperative period

Disqualifiers

Allergy to local anesthetics

Coagulopathy or anticoagulant use

Local infection at injection site

Pregnancy or breastfeeding

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

60 Participants

are grouped into 2 trial groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov