Impact of dexamethasone added to intra-articular morphine and bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia after knee arthroscopy | ||||
| Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology | ||||
| Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2021 PDF (509.35 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.1186/s42077-021-00193-z | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Heba Fouad Toulan  ; Raafat Abdel-Azim Hammad; Amr Mohammed Talaat; Ahmed Abd El-Daeem Abd El-Haq
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background Pain relief after knee arthroscopy is very important for early recovery and rehabilitation. The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding dexamethasone (8 mg) to intra-articular morphine (10 mg) and bupivacaine (25 mg) combination on postoperative pain after knee arthroscopy. Results We enrolled 40 patients, 18–65 years-old of both sexes, ASA I and II scheduled for minor arthroscopic knee surgeries. The study group showed a lower visual analog score at rest and movement, prolonged postoperative analgesia, and decreased total analgesic consumption compared with the control group ( value < 0.05). Conclusions Adding dexamethasone to intra-articular combination of morphine and bupivacaine after knee arthroscopy prolongs the duration of analgesia, lowers pain scores, and decreases total analgesic consumption with no detected adverse effects. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| dexamethasone; Bupivacaine; morphine; knee arthroscopy; Postoperative Analgesia | ||||
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