Comparison of epidural bupivacaine and dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine and fentanyl for postoperative pain relief in lower limb orthopedic surgery | Zendy

NarendraSingh Bafila | Zendy; Arindam Sarkar | Zendy; RajBahadur Singh | Zendy; MohdAsim Rasheed | Zendy; Sanjay Choubey | Zendy; Vishal Arora | Zendy

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Comparison of epidural bupivacaine and dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine and fentanyl for postoperative pain relief in lower limb orthopedic surgery

Author(s) -

NarendraSingh Bafila,

Arindam Sarkar,

RajBahadur Singh,

MohdAsim Rasheed,

Sanjay Choubey,

Vishal Arora

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

anesthesia essays and researches

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0259-1162

DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_70_18

Subject(s) - medicine , dexmedetomidine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , orthopedic surgery , fentanyl , pain relief , surgery , sedation

Different trials have shown that multimodal analgesia through different techniques is associated with superior pain relief. Opioids as epidural adjunct to local anesthetics have been in use for long and α 2 agonists are being increasingly used for same. The present study aims at comparing the hemodynamic, sedative, and analgesic effects of epidurally administered fentanyl and dexmedetomidine when combined with bupivacaine.

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