Pregabalin Versus Gabapentin Opioid Sparing Effect in Discectomy

Summary

Pregabalin and gabapentin are both GABA analogue and their mechanism of action is not fully understood. Both drugs when given as a pre-emptive analgesia for spinal surgery were found to reduce intra-and postoperative opioid requirements. Preoperative intramuscular injection of morphine could reduce the patients' pain during the percutaneous transformational endoscopic discectomy "PTED" surgery and improve the patients' satisfaction without affecting the surgical outcome. The efficacy of adding pregabalin or gabapentin to preoperative intramuscular morphine is not yet investigated. The current study aims to compare the analgesic effect of both drugs when given preoperatively with intramuscular morphine.

Timeline

Start

2022-09-15

Primary completion

2022-11-01

Completion

2022-11-01

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