Open AccessEvaluation of magnesium as an adjuvant to ropivacaine-induced axillary brachial plexus block: A prospective, randomised, double-blind study
Author(s) -
Jyoti Deshpande,
Kalyani Nilesh Patil
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_833_19
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , forearm , anesthesia , brachial plexus , brachial plexus block , saline , exact test , surgery , nerve block
Axillary brachial plexus block is commonly performed for surgeries on the hand and forearm. However, there are very few studies on the use of magnesium sulphate in axillary brachial plexus block and, hence, the study was designed to evaluate magnesium as an adjuvant to ropivacaine-induced axillary block with respect to onset and duration of sensorimotor block and postoperative analgesia.