Open AccessEffect of adding dexamethasone to bupivacaine on transversus abdominis plane block for abdominal hysterectomy: A prospective randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Amany S Ammar,
Khaled Mahmoud
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.101213
Subject(s) - medicine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , dexamethasone , nausea , vomiting , postoperative nausea and vomiting , saline , randomized controlled trial , visual analogue scale , morphine , surgery
Different adjuvants have been used to improve the quality and increase the duration of local anesthetics during various nerve block techniques. The current study was aimed to evaluate the effect of adding dexamethasone to bupivacaine on the quality and duration of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block.