University Hospital of Split

Nephrectomy is a surgical procedure of choice for patients suffering from renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Even though the laparoscopic approach is considered to cause fewer complications and reduce hospital stay, open surgery is still often performed. Open nephrectomy causes significant acute postoperative pain, and it can also lead to the development of chronic postoperative pain. Pain management is important for the overall recovery of patients undergoing major surgery such as open nephrectomy and it is a part of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program.
In this prospective randomized clinical study, we plan to compare two different approaches to pain management regarding the level of acute pain (first 72 hours), side effects, systemic analgesics consumption, and hospital stay.
Our hypothesis are that intrathecal opioid administration significantly reduces acute postoperative pain compared to epidural analgesia in patients undergoing open radical or partial nephrectomy. We also hypothesize that the intrathecal opioid administration is associated with a lower incidence of adverse effects compared to epidural analgesia and shorter ICU length of stay.

Although tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgeries, a review of literature reveals no articles dealing with the study of intraoperative blood loss in tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy according to the use of nondepolarizing muscle relaxants. The primary aim of our trial will be to compare blood loss in the operating theatre and postoperatively in two groups of children having adenotonsillectomy. The trial numbers will be randomised in blocks.

The aim of this research is to confirm the effectiveness of remimazolam in preventing delirium during recovery from anesthesia in adult patients who have undergone one of the rhinological surgeries (septoplasty, rhinoseptoplasty or functional endoscopic sinus surgery).
Patients aged 18-65, ASA classification I-II will be anesthetized with balanced anesthesia maintained with sevoflurane and will be randomized into two groups. The first group will receive remimazolam before anesthesia, while the second will receive normal saline solution.
The main outcome of the study will be the presence/absence of delirium during anesthesia recovery, while the secondary outcome will be the postoperative pain level, the length of stay in the recovery room, the presence of unwanted events in the recovery room, and the presence of postoperative mood changes.