Ketamine for Shoulder Pain Following Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery
The Role of Intraoperative Ketamine Usage as Part of Anesthetic Management in Decreasing the Incidence of Shoulder Pain Following Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Surgery
King Abdullah University Hospital
50 participants
Jan 1, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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
Inclusion Criteria4
- patients aged 18-60
- American society of anesthesiologist grade 1,2
- BMI \> 40
- BMI \> 35 with obesity-related comorbidities
Exclusion Criteria4
- mentally incapacitated
- patients received any type of analgesia 24hr preoperatively except paracetamol
- history of drug abuse
- patients with low ejection fraction
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Interventions
intra-operative intravenous ketamine infusion in a dose of 0.3mg/kg/hour
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NCT07429916