An Observational Study to Compare the Efficacy of Ropivacaine Alone and Ropivacaine With Dexmedetomidine in Ultrasound Guided Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block for Analgesia in Positioning of the Patient in Subarachnoid Block Performed in Unilateral Femur Fracture Surgery
Abstract:Introduction: Patients encountered with fracture shaft and neck femur require some anaesthesia or pain relief to allow radiological, orthopedic and other procedures to be performed. Regional anaesthesia is the most widely used an aesthetic technique for orthopedic procedures in lower limbs.Fascia iliaca blocks provide a safe, cheap and effective form of pain relief for patients with neck of femur fractures. Animal studies have proven the combination of dexmedetomidine with ropivacaine to be safe and neuro-prot… Show more
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