A comparative study of duration of postoperative analgesia between epidural bupivacaine and epidural clonidine plus bupivacaine in lumbar laminectomy surgery under general anaesthesia

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 230-233

  Niyogi, Saikat ^a,b   Santra, Sankari ^a,b   Chakraborty, Jayanta ^a,b   Chakraborty, Sushmita ^a,b   Mandal, Srikrishna ^a,b,c   Mondal, C R ^a,b  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology   (India)

^b IPGME and R   (India)

^c R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine(0.25 ); Epidural clonidine; General anaesthesia; Lumbar laminectomy; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; URINE RETENTION; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 79959328801     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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