Efficacy of clonidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in transversus abdominis plane block in adult renal transplant recipients: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial
Abstract:Background and Aims:
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been used to provide analgesia in renal transplant surgery with varying results. This study was designed to assess if the addition of clonidine in TAP block would decrease 24-h postoperative morphine consumption in adult renal transplant recipients.
Materials and Methods:
Forty adult patients undergoing renal transplantation under general anesthesia in a tertiary care hospital were randomized into either g… Show more
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