The Effect of Systemic Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Vs Intraoperative Infiltration of Steroids in Tonsillar Bed Following Tonsillectomy on Post Tonsillectomy Pain.
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Tonsillitis Chronic, Tonsillitis Recurrent, OSA - Obstructive Sleep Apnea
In brief
The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of adding paracetamol to systemic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) versus adding dexamethasone as local infiltration to paracetamol on post tonsillectomy pain control.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07035314
- Run by
- Ain Shams University
- People needed
- 75
- Starts
- 2025-03-08
- Expected to finish
- 2025-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-06-25
Who can join
Age: 4 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age: Between 4-10 years.
- Indications of tonsillectomy such as:
- Recurrent acute attacks at least 7 episodes in the past year or at least 5 episodes per year for 2 years or at least 3 episodes per year for 3 years.
- Chronic tonsillitis and hypertrophy of tonsils causing sleep apnea, difficulty in deglutition, interference in speech.
- Tonsillectomy by cold dissection only.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1,2 (Normal Health, Mild systematic disease).
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with age less than 4 and more than 10 years.
- Indications of tonsillectomy other than chronic tonsillitis such as lymphoma.
- Patients on chronic steroid therapy
- Hemoglobin level less than 10 gm/dL
- Presence of acute infection in the upper respiratory tract, acute tonsillitis
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification ASA 3,4 (Severe systematic disease such as uncontrolled Diabetes, cardiac disease, liver or kidney disease, life threating medical conditions)
- Regular use of analgesics within a week of surgery.
Where it is running
- Ainshams university hospitals — Cairo, Egypt (enrolling)
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