Open AccessContinuous ropivacaine infusion vs transdermal fentanyl for providing postoperative analgesia following temporomandibular joint interpositional gap arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Satish Dhasmana,
Vibha Singh,
US Pal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.79211
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , fentanyl , anesthesia , transdermal , analgesic , arthroplasty , temporomandibular joint , surgery , visual analogue scale , dentistry , pharmacology
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the postoperative pain control and mouth opening in patients undergoing temporomandibular joint interpositional gap arthroplasty by either placing an epidural catheter in the incision wound and infusing ropivacaine 0.25% or by using a transdermal fentanyl patch.