Open AccessPost operative analgesia after incisional infiltration of bupivacaine v/s bupivacaine with buprenorphine
Author(s) -
Tanu Mehta,
Biren Parikh,
Guruprasad P Bhosale,
Bina P Butala,
Veena R Shah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.81835
Subject(s) - medicine , buprenorphine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , infiltration (hvac) , surgery , opioid , receptor , physics , thermodynamics
Opioid receptors have been demonstrated in the peripheral nerve endings of afferent neurons. Blockade of these receptors with peripherally administered opioid is believed to result in analgesia.