Abstract

Ropivacaine and Levobupivacaine are recently introduced drugs in Indian market and needs to be evaluated. Hence Ropivacaine and Levobupivacaine were selected as local anaesthetics in present study. Aim; To evaluate and compare the onset, duration, quality of sensory and motor blockade of Ropivacaine versus levobupivacaine in supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Materials and methods; The present study included 60 patients aged between 18-70 years of ASA grade I and II scheduled for elective orthopedic surgeries of upper limbs. The patients were randomly divided into two groups. Group R received 0.4 ml /kg of 0.5 % Ropivacaine and group L received 0.4 ml / kg of 0.5% of levobupivacaine added to 25mcg of fentanyl for supraclavicular block. Time of onset, duration, sensory and motor blockade and any adverse effects were noted. Results; The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between, duration and quality of sensory and motor blockade in both groups. onset of action in Group R showed earlier but that was not statistically significant. Both groups showed stable hemodynamic conditions and no complications were observed. Conclusion; The present study shows that 0.5% ropivacaine is equally potent as 0.5% levobupivacaine when compared with the onset, duration and quality of sensory and motor blockade

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