Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine in Ultrasound-Guided Transverse Abdominis plane Block for Laparoscopic appendicectomy: A Randomised Controlled Study.

Soma Ganesh Raja Neethirajan Santoshi Kurada Aruna Parameswari

Published in: Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation (2019)

The addition of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in TAP block provides prolonged postoperative analgesia and better pain control with reduced need for rescue analgesics than bupivacaine alone in patients undergoing laparoscopic appendicectomy.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
pain management
ultrasound guided
patients undergoing
robot assisted
early stage
chronic pain
fine needle aspiration
cardiac surgery
clinical trial
open label
study protocol
double blind
neuropathic pain
minimally invasive
spinal cord
spinal cord injury