Epidural anesthesia and post-operative analgesia for bilateral inguinal mesh hernioplasty: Comparison of equipotent doses of ropivacaine and bupivacaine

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-281

  Korula, Sara ^a   George, Grace Maria ^a   Ipe, Shaloo ^a   Abraham, Saramma P ^a  

^a MOSC Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Bilateral inguinal mesh hernioplasty; bupivacaine; epidural anesthesia; post operative analgesia; ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INGUINAL MESH HERNIOPLASTY; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART RATE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 80052511109     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.84101     Document Type: Article

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