Open AccessComparison of pectoralis plane blocks with ketamine-dexmedetomidine adjuncts and opioid-based general anaesthesia in patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy
Author(s) -
Shagun Bhatia Shah,
Rajiv Chawla,
Akhilesh Pahade,
Amit Mittal,
Ajay Bhargava,
Rajeev Kumar
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_8_20
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , ketamine , fentanyl , dexmedetomidine , visual analogue scale , statistical significance , general anaesthesia , exact test , nausea , opioid , sevoflurane , vomiting , surgery , sedation , receptor
Regional anaesthesia attenuates surgical stress-response, provides superior analgesia, reduces recovery time with early mobilisation and is opioid-sparing [addresses post-operative nausea vomiting (PONV), constipation, immunosuppression and cancer-progression concerns with opioids]. Hence, we studied pectoralis (PECS) blocks for modified radical mastectomy (MRM).