Open AccessEfficacy and safety of intrathecal pentazocine as a sole anesthetic agent for lower limb surgeries
Author(s) -
Jyothilakshmi Nair,
Sunil Rajan,
Jerry Paul,
Susamma Andrews
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.113989
Subject(s) - medicine , pentazocine , anesthesia , anesthetic , intrathecal , local anesthetic , bupivacaine , blockade , hemodynamics , surgery , analgesic , receptor
The administration of opioids intrathecally as a sole anesthetic has proven to be effective in providing adequate surgical anesthesia without much hemodynamic instability.