Open AccessPost-operative analgesic effect of dexmedetomidine administration in wound infiltration for abdominal hysterectomy: A randomised control study
Author(s) -
Swati Singh,
Chandrakant Prasad
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_676_16
Subject(s) - medicine , dexmedetomidine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , analgesic , infiltration (hvac) , morphine , surgery , hysterectomy , sedation , physics , thermodynamics
Local infiltration of the surgical wound is one of the important components of multimodal analgesia for post-operative pain relief. This study determines the post-operative analgesic effect of addition of dexmedetomidine to bupivacaine for local infiltration of the surgical wound.