Open AccessCold bupivacaine versus magnesium sulfate added to room temperature bupivacaine in sonar-guided femoral and sciatic nerve block in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery
Author(s) -
AshrafElsayed Alzeftawy,
AhmadAli El-Daba
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anesthesia essays and researches
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.183162
Subject(s) - bupivacaine , medicine , anesthesia , saline , sciatic nerve , local anesthetic , surgery , arthroscopy
Cooling of local anesthetic potentiates its action and increases its duration. Magnesium sulfate (MgSo 4 ) added to local anesthetic prolongs the duration of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia with minimal side effects.
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