The Role of Intraoperative Ketamine Usage as Part of Anesthetic Management in Decreasing the Incidence of Shoulder Pain Following Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Early Phase 1
SUMMARY
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
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 60
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• patients aged 18-60
• American society of anesthesiologist grade 1,2
• BMI \> 40
• BMI \> 35 with obesity-related comorbidities
Locations
Other Locations
Jordan
King Abdullah University Hospital
RECRUITING
Irbid
Contact Information
Primary
Anas Alrusan
amalrusan@just.edu.jo
+962797015888
Time Frame
Start Date: 2026-01-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-08-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Experimental: Ketamine group
No_intervention: no intervention
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Leads: King Abdullah University Hospital