Effect of Single Dose Ketamine and Magnesium on Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Summary

Opioid sparing analgesia is extremely important in the post-operative obese population. With more and more obese patients entering the operating room a multi-modal approach to analgesia is crucial. Finding effective alternatives to opioid therapy is the rationale of this proposal. Literature involving ketamine and magnesium in bariatric surgical patients is very sparse.

Timeline

Start

2015-11

Primary completion

2019-03-13

Completion

2019-03-13

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