COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN EPIDURAL BUPIVACAINE WITH BUPRENORPHINE AND EPIDURAL BUPIVACAINE FOR POST-OPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN ABDOMINAL AND LOWER LIMB SURGERY

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Anant Prakash ◽  
Rahul Kumar ◽  
Chandeshwar Choudhary ◽  
Debarshi Jana

Background: Epidural administration of various analgesics gained increasing popularity following the discovery of opioid receptors in the spinal cord capable of producing potent analgesia. This effect seems to be greatest when epidural anaesthesia in continued in the post-operative period as epidural analgesia. It is now clear that epidural administration of opioids. Ours was a comparative study between epidural bupivacaine with buprenorphine and epidural bupivacaine for post-operative analgesia in abdominal and lower limb surgery. Methods: 60 patients undergoing lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries of either sex with ASA grade 1 and 2 aged between 20 and 60 years for divided into two groups. After completion of the surgery and when the effect of local anaesthetic wears of and the patients complains of pain the intended study drugs were given when visual analogue pain score touched 5 cm mark. Group – A: Patients received 8ml of 0.25% bupivacaine + 0.15mg of buprenorphine. Group – B: patients received 0.25% of bupivacaine alone. In the post-operative period the following parameters were studied, 1. Onset of analgesia, 2. Duration of analgesia, 3. Vital parameters such as heart beat, blood pressure, respiratory rate, sedation score and visual analogue score were recorded, 4. Side effects like nausea, vomiting, hypotension, respiratory depression, and pruritus allergic reaction were looked for. Results: It is observed that onset of analgesia in Group A (0.25% bupivacaine + 0.15mg buprenorphine) was 7.35 min. When compared to Group B which 15.5 min, which is statically signicant (P<0.05). Duration of analgesia in Group A is 17.23 hrs compared to Group B, which is 5.2 hrs, this is statically signicant (P<0.05). Visual analogue scale was reduced in Group A compared to Group B Conclusions: Addition of buprenorphine to bupivacaine by epidural injection for post-operative analgesia improves the onset, The duration and the quality of analgesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Attia ◽  
Amany Abo Elhussien ◽  
Mostafa Zaki

Background. Spinal anaesthesia, which is one of the techniques for infraumbilical surgeries, is most commonly criticized for limited duration of postoperative analgesia. Aim of the Work. The aim of this study was to decrease bupivacaine dose used in spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing orthopedic lower limb surgery and reduce its possible side effects. Patient and Methods. Sixty adult patients of both sexes, divided into three. Group C received 2.5 mL bupivacaine and 0.5 mL saline 0.9%. Group A received 2.5 mL bupivacaine and 0.5 mL midazolam. Group B received 2.5 mL bupivacaine and 0.5 mL magnesium sulphate. Results. As regards onset of both motor and sensory blockade, there are a significant decrease in group A and a significant increase in group B as compared to group C, with a significant decrease in duration of motor blockade and significant increase in duration of sensory blockade in both group A and group B, respectively, as compared to group C, with a significant decrease in the duration of sensory blockade in group B as compared to group C. Conclusions. These results suggested that intrathecal midazolam as an adjuvant for bupivacaine increases the duration of both sensory and motor blockade more than that of magnesium sulphate.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (37) ◽  
pp. 3220-3224
Author(s):  
Nyna Sindhu Akula ◽  
Navaneeth Krishna ◽  
Sreedhar Sathu

BACKGROUND Wounds and their management are important in the practice of surgery. Super oxidised solution is a recent concept in wound management. It is an aqueous solution which is electrochemically processed which is non-toxic, non-irrigating and is having a neutral pH. Povidone iodine is the most common topical wound care product used in surgical practice. Both are affordable solutions for the patients. There are very few studies comparing the efficacy. In this study, we wanted to compare the efficacy of super oxidised solution and povidone iodine in the management of lower limb ulcers. METHODS A prospective study was conducted on 100 patients who were randomized into two groups. Group A was treated with super oxidized solution and Group B were treated with povidone iodine. Assessments of wounds were done on various days (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21). Various outcomes of data were analysed using statistical analysis. RESULTS The average percentage reduction in wound size on day 21 was 47 % in Group A compared to 24 % in Group B. Early appearance of granulation tissue, disinfection, decrease in wound size, and less duration of hospital stay was achieved in Group A. CONCLUSIONS The results were more favourable towards super oxidised solution than povidone iodine. In this comparative study, super oxidized solution had faster efficacy and wound healing in patients than povidone iodine. KEY WORDS Super Oxidized Solution, Ulcer, Povidone Iodine.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 2153-2155
Author(s):  
Arshi Naz ◽  
Mirza Shahzad Baig ◽  
Vijai Kumar ◽  
Samita S Khan ◽  
Sidra Javed ◽  
...  

Objective: To compare the analgesic effectiveness of Dexmedetomidine and Fentanyl as an adjuvant to 0.5% Bupivacaine in spinal anaesthesia for patients undergoing lower limb surgery. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial. Place & Duration:The study was conducted at department of Anesthesia, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Institute of Trauma, Karachi for duration from 15thJuly2020 to 15thFebruary 2021. Methods: In this study 52 patients of both genders undergoing lower limb surgeries were included. Patient’s ages were ranging from 20 to 70 years. All the patients were divided into two Groups. Group A included 26 patients and received Inj. Dexmedetomidine 10 μg in 0.5ml normal saline with 12.5mg of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine, Group B had 26 patients and received 25mg fentanyl with 12.5mg of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine. Time to achieve T10 blockade, time to first rescue analgesia were examined and compare between both groups. All the statistical data was analyzed by SPSS 24.0. P-Value <0.05 was significantly considered. Results: Mean age of group A was 40.52±12.28 years and in group B it was 40.14±13.34 years. There were 18 (69.23%) male patients and 8 (30.77%) females in group A while in Group B 19 (73.08%) patients were male and 7 (26.92%) were females. No significant difference was observed between both groups regarding time to T10 blockade with p-value >0.05. A significant difference was found regarding time to rescue analgesia, in Group A it was 426.58±92.44 minutes and in Group B, it was 206.44±48.47 minutes (p-value <0.0001). Patients’ satisfaction was high in dexemedetomidine group as compared to fentanyl group. Conclusion: Dexmedetomidine 10 μg with 0.5% bupvicaine showed better effectiveness regarding time to first rescue analgesia as compared to fentanyl. No significant difference was observed regarding time to sensory blockade between both medications. Keywords: Dexmedetomidine, Fentanyl, Spinal Anaesthesia, Lower Limb Surgery, Sensory Block, Analgesia


Author(s):  
Jayanta Chakraborty ◽  
Uma Mandal

Background: Anaesthesia for the lower limb surgeries could be either general or regional. Studies had shown that regional anaesthesia for lower limb surgery results in better postoperative outcomes, including improved respiratory function, less nausea vomiting, less pain and lower incidence of deep vein thrombosis. Among all the regional anaesthetic techniques spinal anesthesia remained most preferred technique for its fast, predictable, profound, high quality sensory and motor block. However some complications like hypotension, bradycardia, post dural puncture headache, urinary retention were unavoidable and hypotension remained the most common one and found to be more in the elderly population with incidence of 25–82%. Treating spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension included intravenous (IV) volume administration. IV Fluid infused before and at the time of spinal anaesthesia was referred to as preloading and coloading respectively. Although merit of coloading and the choice of fluid to be infused had remained  a matter of debate, till today no definitive study had indicated any superiority of colloids over crystalloids decisively  moreover large amount crystalloids to counter hypotensin  remained a threat to the cardiovascular overload for  elderly patients. Role of vasopressors in elderly remained controversial too. So this observational prospective study was  undertaken to compare  the effiicacy of coloading of infusion 6%HES 130/0.4 (colloid) and Ringer Lactate solution (crystalloid)  to maintain the intra operative haemodynamics in elderly patients undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery under spinal anaesthesia. Objectives: To assess and to compare the efficacy of infusion 6%HES 130/0.4 and infusion Ringer lactate solution coloading in preventing the intra-operative hypotension. Materials and method: On  approval of the Ethics Committee of Burdwan Medical College (BMC&H), 80 patients were included and equally divided into two groups group A and group B where groupp A received 6% HES  as coloading fluid and groupp B received RL as coloading fluid at the start of spinal anaesthesia. On entering Operation Theatre baseline parameters were noted for each patient and lumbar puncture for spinal anaesthesia was performed following strict aseptic precautions, in sitting position. Upon achieving adequate block episodes of hypotension were noted and treated according to the study protocol. Results: Statistical analysis for Continuous and categorical variables were done using Mann-Whitney U test and Pearson’s Chi Square test accordingly and p values less than 0.05 were considered significant. In group A, 17.5 % patients developed one episodes of hypotension whereas in group B, 37.5% patients developed one episodes of hypotension which was statistically significant with p value 0.0465.  In group A none of the patients developed further episodes of hypotension but in group B 5% affected patients developed one more episodes of hypotension and 2.5% affected patients developed two more episodes of hypotension. Average intravenous dose of mephentermine required to treat hypotension was 1.05 mg for group A and 2.70 mg for group B and found to be statistically significant with p value 0.039. Total fluid consumption In group A was 654.95 ml whereas in group B  was 976.73 ml and also  found to be statistically significant with p value <0.001. Conclusion:  The study found that coloading with 6% HES was significantly effective than Ringer Lactate solution in preventing episodes of hypotension in spinal anaesthesia induced elderly patients undergoing lower limb surgery without any noticeable adverse effect. Key Words: Spinal anaesthesia, lower limb surgery, elderly patients, coloading


Author(s):  
Raja Avinash ◽  
Praveen Kumar Singh

Background: Pain relief is of paramount importance in patients undergoing surgery during perioperative and post-operative period. After effective pain relief a smoother post-operative period and early discharge from the hospital is anticipated. Intrathecal and epidural narcotics have been widely used to relieve pain and provide post-operative analgesia. Here three drugs tramadol, fentanyl, and clonidine used as adjuvant with bupivacaine in intrathecal injection for post-operative pain relief and comparative study had been done.Methods: After the study protocol was approved by the Ethical clearance committee of the DMCH, Laheriasarai, Bihar. Study design was prospective, randomized and double-blind techniques. A group of 80 patients undergoing lower abdominal and lower limb surgery were included in the study. Every patient was fully explained about the anaesthesia and surgical procedure before inclusion in the study. The patients were in the (25-65) years age group and belonged to the American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) physical status class I-II and scheduled for lower abdominal and lower limbs surgery were randomly allocated to four groups with equal number: group B [Bupivacaine (35)% 3 cc + 0.4 cc normal saline], group BT [Bupivacaine (5)% 3 cc + 25 mg tramadol], BC [Bupivacaine (0.5)% 3 c.c + 30 μg clonidine], BF [Bupivacaine (0.5)% 3 c.c + 20 μg fentanyl]. All additive drugs used intrathecally were preservative free. All intrathecal punctures were performed in the lateral (Right or Left) position with a (25G) Quinke needle, using the midline approach at the L3-L4 intervertebral space.Results: The study revealed that administration of additives in group BC and group BF did prolong analgesia. In group B, duration of analgesia and mean duration of rescue analgesic requirement was (3.57±0.45) hrs. For group BC it was (9.47±0.85) hrs, for group BF (7.6±1.14) hrs, for group BT (3.72±0.42) hrs.Conclusions:Addition of adjuvants (Fentanyl, Clonidine) to intrathecal bupivacaine for perioperative pain relief does prolong postoperative analgesia and improves the intraoperative quality of analgesia than bupivacaine alone.Background: Pain relief is of paramount importance in patients undergoing surgery during perioperative and post-operative period. After effective pain relief a smoother post-operative period and early discharge from the hospital is anticipated. Intrathecal and epidural narcotics have been widely used to relieve pain and provide post-operative analgesia. Here three drugs tramadol, fentanyl, and clonidine used as adjuvant with bupivacaine in intrathecal injection for post-operative pain relief and comparative study had been done.Methods: After the study protocol was approved by the Ethical clearance committee of the DMCH, Laheriasarai, Bihar. Study design was prospective, randomized and double-blind techniques. A group of 80 patients undergoing lower abdominal and lower limb surgery were included in the study. Every patient was fully explained about the anaesthesia and surgical procedure before inclusion in the study. The patients were in the (25-65) years age group and belonged to the American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) physical status class I-II and scheduled for lower abdominal and lower limbs surgery were randomly allocated to four groups with equal number: group B [Bupivacaine (35)% 3 cc + 0.4 cc normal saline], group BT [Bupivacaine (5)% 3 cc + 25 mg tramadol], BC [Bupivacaine (0.5)% 3 c.c + 30 μg clonidine], BF [Bupivacaine (0.5)% 3 c.c + 20 μg fentanyl]. All additive drugs used intrathecally were preservative free. All intrathecal punctures were performed in the lateral (Right or Left) position with a (25G) Quinke needle, using the midline approach at the L3-L4 intervertebral space.Results: The study revealed that administration of additives in group BC and group BF did prolong analgesia. In group B, duration of analgesia and mean duration of rescue analgesic requirement was (3.57±0.45) hrs. For group BC it was (9.47±0.85) hrs, for group BF (7.6±1.14) hrs, for group BT (3.72±0.42) hrs.Conclusions: Addition of adjuvants (Fentanyl, Clonidine) to intrathecal bupivacaine for perioperative pain relief does prolong postoperative analgesia and improves the intraoperative quality of analgesia than bupivacaine alone.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Md Mushfiqur Rahman ◽  
Md Mahbubul Hasan Munir ◽  
Raihanuddin ◽  
Shafiul Alam Shaheen ◽  
Md Abdus Salam Khan ◽  
...  

Background: Cardiovascular system may be profoundly affected by spinal anaesthesia due to unavoidable sympathetic blockade which is more prominent in elderly.A restricted sympathetic block during spinal anesthesia may minimize hemodynamic changes.Objective: To assess whether a unilateral spinal anaesthesia using 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine will restrict the sympathetic block to avoid the undesired cardio vascular effects.Materials and method: In this prospective study 60 ASA Ill and IV patients aged between 60-90 years undergoing unilateral lower limb surgery were included. Patients were divided into two groups. In group-A, dural puncture was performed with the patient in the lateral decubitus position with 1.5 mL of hyperbaric bupivacaine. In group-B, it was performed with the patient in a seated position using 1.5 mL hyperbaric bupivacaine. Each patient was then placed in supine position. The speed of injection was 1 mL/30s. Patients were placed in the lateral position with operated side down and kept in this position for 10 minutes. Motor and sensory levels were assessed, and haemodynamic alterations were monitored just after block, 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes of spinal anaesthesia.Results: The demographic data were found similar in both groups. The time to the onset of the sensory and motor block was significantly shorter in group-B. The duration of motor and sensory block was significantly shorter in group-A. Haemodynamically all the parameters revealed better out come in unilateral spinal anesthesia. The incidence of complications (nausea, headache, and hypotension) was also lower in group A.Conclusion: When unilateral spinal anesthesia was performed using a low-dose, low-volume and low-flow injection technique, it provides adequate sensory-motor block and helps to achieve stable hemodynamic parameters during surgery on a lower limb. Furthermore, this technique avoids unnecessary paralysis on the non-operated side.Delta Med Col J. Jan 2017 5(1): 20-24


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Swapan Kumar Paul ◽  
I Biswas ◽  
Suprotim Howlader ◽  
Subinoy Krishna Paul ◽  
Abdur Rahed Khan

Traditional practice of postoperative starvation after abdominal surgery recently has been changed. Early enteral feeding has been shown benefits in reduction of postoperative ileus and hospital stay by various clinical trials. In this study postoperative outcome was analized after colostomy closure in paediatric patients in relation to early vursus traditional enteral feeding. This is a prospective comparative study done in Dhaka Shishu (children) Hospital between January 2009 to December 2013. Total 125 patients were included and divided into two groups. Group-A (n=55) and Group-B (n=70) underwent traditional enteral feeding and early enteral feeding in post-operative period respectively. Unpaired 't' test were used for statistical analysis. Post-operative hospital stay and complications such as vomiting, diarrhoea, wound disruption were assessed. Lower gastro-intestinal bleeding, urinary tract infection (UTI), upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and unspecified fever >48 hours were used as parameters of study. In group-B, post-operative hospital stay and complications such as vomiting, diarrhoea, wound disruption, lower G.I bleeding, UTI, URTI and unspecified fever >48 hours were significantly lesser than group-A. Parents were satisfied with early enteral feeding in post-operative period. By this study early enteral feeding patients found to be more advantageous than the traditional feeding patients undergoing colostomy closure.Faridpur Med. Coll. J. Jan 2015;10(1): 29-32


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