Open AccessIntraarticular Injection of Magnesium Sulphate and/or Bupivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
Author(s) -
Noha M. Elsharnouby,
Hala E.A. Eid,
Nahla F. Abou Elezz,
Ashraf N. Moharram
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31816a67a8
Subject(s) - bupivacaine , medicine , analgesic , anesthesia , saline , visual analogue scale , magnesium , placebo , surgery , local anesthetic , materials science , alternative medicine , pathology , metallurgy
Intraarticular bupivacaine is often used for prevention of pain after arthroscopic knee surgery. Intraarticular magnesium, a N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blocker, would be of particular interest in either producing postoperative analgesia or enhancing the analgesic effect of intraarticular bupivacaine. We designed this study to determine whether intraarticular magnesium sulfate or bupivacaine results in a decrease in visual analog scale (VAS) score followed by a decrease in analgesic requirement and whether their combination would provide more reduction in VAS, and subsequently less analgesic requirement, than either drug alone.