Open AccessEffects of intrathecal hyperbaric ropivacaine versus hyperbaric bupivacaine for lower limb orthopedic surgery
Author(s) -
Chatterjee Sk,
Bikash Bisui,
Anamitra Mandal,
Jagabandhu Sheet,
Swapnadeep Sengupta,
Shakya Majumdar,
Sarbari Swaika
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.143138
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , ropivacaine , perioperative , orthopedic surgery , vomiting , analgesic , nausea , saline , bupivacaine , surgery , anesthetic
Regional anesthesia, increasingly used for infraumbilical surgery, has advantages of decreased stress response to surgery, nausea, vomiting, and cardio-respiratory depression with improved postoperative analgesia, in comparison to general anesthesia. Intrathecal isobaric ropivacaine (RP) had been found, in various clinical studies, to be shorter acting in comparison to bupivacaine (BP). Our present study was, hence, aimed to compare the anesthetic and analgesic efficacy of intrathecal hyperbaric RP relative to hyperbaric BP in lower limb orthopedic surgery.