Effect of 24 mg dexamethasone preoperatively on surgical stress, pain and recovery in robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robotic-assisted hysterectomy is an alternative to laparoscopic surgery as part of a minimal invasive regimen. Several treatment strategies are followed to improve the overall outcome and minimize surgical stress. Glucocorticoids provide significant analgesic and antiemetic effects but their role in reducing inflammatory stress in a fast-track, multi-modal setting in patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery remains to be investigated in details.

Methods

This study will evaluate in a randomized trial the effect of a single dose of 24 mg dexamethasone on 100 women undergoing robotic-assisted hysterectomy with regard to surgical stress, measured by c-reactive protein as primary outcome and, further, other stress markers like white blood cell subtypes. The posto

SUBMITTER: Kaiser K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature