Pain relief after tonsillectomy in children: magnesium vs. bupivacaine
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Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests two ways to reduce throat pain after a tonsillectomy (surgery to remove the tonsils) in children. It compares a magnesium sulfate treatment to a bupivacaine numbing medicine, both given near the tonsils during surgery, to see which works better.
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Who can take part
- Your child must be between 8 and 15 years old.
- Your child must be scheduled for a planned (elective) tonsillectomy.
- Your child must not have any allergy to magnesium sulfate or bupivacaine.
- Your child must not have a neurological condition (like epilepsy) or a cognitive/developmental delay that could affect pain reporting.
- Your child must not have chronic pain or regularly use pain medications.
- Your child must not have a bleeding disorder (coagulopathy).
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