Open AccessComparison of ropivacaine with levobupivacaine under epidural anesthesia in the lower limb orthopedic surgeries: A randomized study
Author(s) -
RajBahadur Singh,
Vijeta Maheshwari,
MohdAsim Rasheed,
Sanjay Choubey,
Arindam Sarkar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anesthesia essays and researches
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.191119
Subject(s) - levobupivacaine , medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , orthopedic surgery , motor block , lower limb , local anesthetic , surgery , bupivacaine
Epidural anesthesia is nowadays considered as the gold standard anesthetic technique for lower limb orthopedic surgeries, and the present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine in terms of onset, duration of sensory and motor block with duration of postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgeries under epidural anesthesia.