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This study evaluated the effectiveness of dexmedetomidine (Dex) and Ketamine as adjuvants in EOIPB for post-thoracotomy pain (PTP).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This double-blind, randomised trial involved forty adults undergoing open thoracotomy. Cases were distributed equally into two groups. The Ketamine group received bupivacaine 0.25% with Ketamine, while the Dex group received bupivacaine 0.25% with dexmedetomidine.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Patient-required intraoperative fentanyl consumption was not different between groups. Dex provided superior postoperative analgesia to Ketamine, with significantly lower pain scores at 8\u00a0h (median 2 vs. 3,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001) and 12\u00a0h (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.035). Time to first rescue analgesia was prolonged (14.65\u2009\u00b1\u20092.25 vs. 10.26\u2009\u00b1\u20091.73\u00a0h,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and morphine consumption was notably reduced in the Dex group at both 24\u00a0h (5.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.57 vs. 6.95\u2009\u00b1\u20091.43\u00a0mg,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003) and 48\u00a0h (7.95\u2009\u00b1\u20091.47 vs. 9.95\u2009\u00b1\u20091.43\u00a0mg,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The two groups did not exhibit any substantial variations in patient satisfaction and the incidences of bradycardia, hypotension, and postoperative nausea and vomiting.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As an adjuvant in EOIPB, Dex is superior to Ketamine. It provides a longer duration of analgesia, significantly reduces postoperative opioid consumption, and results in lower pain scores at specific time intervals, without a significant difference in adverse effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Registration at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT06331182) Date of registration: 2024-03-17.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12871-025-03476-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,26]],"date-time":"2025-11-26T14:26:14Z","timestamp":1764167174000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Dexmedetomidine versus ketamine as adjuvants in external oblique intercostal plane block for post thoracotomy pain: a randomised trial"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Saad Ahmed","family":"Moharam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammed Said","family":"ElSharkawy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmed Shehata","family":"Abdelhamid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Asmaa","family":"Abdelbadie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Neveen A.","family":"Kohaf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohamed Abd","family":"El Rahman Elgaria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amr","family":"Attia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmed Mohamed","family":"Elkashef","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"3476_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Danielsen AV, Andreasen JJ, Dinesen B, Hansen J, Kj\u00e6r-Staal Petersen K, Simonsen C et al. 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