Open AccessUltrasound guided peritubal infiltration of 0.25% Bupivacaine versus 0.25% Ropivacaine for postoperative pain relief after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A prospective double blind randomized study
Author(s) -
Geeta P Parikh,
Veena R Shah,
Kalpana S Vora,
Biren Parikh,
Manisha P Modi,
Pratibha Kumari
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.135040
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , tramadol , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , bupivacaine , nephrostomy , analgesic , surgery , group b , percutaneous
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a common for managing renal calculi. Pain in the initial post operatie period is relieved by infiltration of local anaesthetic around the nephrostomy tract. We aimed to compare the analgesic efficacy of bupivacaine and ropivacaine.