Effectiveness of Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine in Combination With Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Lower Abdominal Surgeries and Its Postoperative Analgesic Characteristic
Abstract:Background: Intra-thecal anaesthesia is the commonly preferred, block for surgeries of lower abdomen, perineal and lower limb. It is easy to administer and very economical but needs skills. Intrathecal use of local anaesthetics possesses a short duration of action and needs early use of rescue analgesia postoperatively. Objective was to assess the efficacy of Dexmedetomidine in adjuvant with bupivacaine for neuraxial anesthesia and postoperative analgesic characteristics. It was a prospective comparative study… Show more
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