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First received: April 13, 2025

Clinical Trial: Using Lidocaine or Dexmedetomidine to Help Control Blood Pressure Spikes From a Tourniquet During Knee Surgery

Study Status: COMPLETED

Recruit Status: COMPLETED

Condition: Tourniquet Hypertension

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Intraoperative Infusion of Lidocaine vs. Dexmedetomidine for Decreasing Tourniquet Induced Hypertension (TIH) in Ambulatory Arthroscopic Knee Surgeries Under General Anesthesia

Brief Summary: Knee pain is very common, and more people are having minor knee surgeries done through a small camera (arthroscopy), often as outpatients.During these surgeries, a device called a tourniquet is used to reduce bleeding by stopping blood flow to the leg.However, this can sometimes cause a sharp rise in blood pressure-a condition known as tourniquet-induced hypertension (TIH), which happens in about 67% of patients under general anesthesia.this study looked at two different drugs-Dexmedetomidine and Lidocaine- to see…

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