Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Effect on Postoperative Analgesia Following Spinal Anaesthesia with Bupivacaine and Fentanyl Vs. Bupivacaine and Clonidine in Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgeries
Dr. Y. Hari Krishna , Dr. Nanna R. Chandran , Dr. Bhagyasree Gopinath
JCDR. 2024: 2316-2327
Abstract
Background Spinal Anaesthesia with Bupivacaine is administered routinely for lower limb orthopedic surgeries. Adding an adjuvant drug will increase the efficacy of neuraxial block including postoperative analgesia. A number of adjuvants has been tried e.g., Morphine, Fentanyl, Sufentanil and Tramadol. Clonidine, Ketamine, Neostigmine has been introduced recently.
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