U.S., Sept. 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07188987) titled 'Prilocaine for Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block in Endoscopic Hypophysectomy' on Aug. 28.
Brief Summary: Patients undergoing endoscopic surgeries for pituitary adenoma excision suffer from wide swings in blood pressure that might increase bleeding and interfere with the surgical field.
Local anethetic infiltration and regional nerve blocks have been used to provide better analgesia, control blood pressure and improve surgical field.
Limited studies evaluated shenopalatine ganglion block in pituitary adenoma excision with promising outcomes. The proposed study will compare the efficacy of two local anesthetics, prilocaine and lidocai...