Open AccessAdductor canal block for post-operative analgesia after simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement: A randomised controlled trial to study the effect of addition of dexmedetomidine to ropivacaine
Author(s) -
Rakhee Goyal,
Gaurav Mittal,
Arun Kumar Yadav,
Rishab Sethi,
Animesh Chattopadhyay
Publication year - 2017
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_277_17
Subject(s) - adductor canal , medicine , ropivacaine , dexmedetomidine , anesthesia , tramadol , analgesic , group b , randomized controlled trial , knee replacement , surgery , arthroplasty , sedation
Knee replacement surgery causes tremendous post-operative pain and adductor canal block (ACB) is used for post-operative analgesia. This is a randomised, controlled, three-arm parallel group study using different doses of dexmedetomidine added to ropiavcaine for ACB.