Open AccessEffect of adding dexamethasone to ropivacaine for ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block in patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy: A preliminary trial
Author(s) -
Vinod Kumar,
Prashant Sirohiya,
Nishkarsh Gupta,
Sachidanand Jee Bharati,
Rakesh Garg,
Seema Mishra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_261_20
Subject(s) - ropivacaine , medicine , fentanyl , anesthesia , analgesic , nausea , dexamethasone , tramadol , vomiting , radical mastectomy , postoperative nausea and vomiting , surgery , saline , mastectomy , breast cancer , cancer
Ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane (SAP) block is a field block with high efficacy. We studied the analgesic effect of the addition of dexamethasone to ropivacaine in SAP block for modified radical mastectomy (MRM).