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ArticleBritish journal of pain2019

Evaluation of analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine as adjuvant with ropivacaine in ultrasound-guided adductor canal block in patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeries.

Deepak Thapa, Vanita Ahuja, Khushboo Pandey, Satinder Gombar, Ravi Gupta

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Article in British journal of pain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deepak ThapaDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Vanita AhujaDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Khushboo PandeyDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Satinder GombarDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Ravi GuptaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Government Medical College and Hospital · INGovernment Medical College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionLocal anaesthetic (LA) with highly selective alpha-2 agonist dexmedetomidine has not been evaluated in adductor canal block (ACB) for arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgeries. The study evaluates postoperative analgesic effect of ropivacaine with adjuvant dexmedetomidine following postoperative ultrasound-guided ACB.

methods105 randomized subjects received ultrasound-guided ACB using 15 mL of 0.5% ropivacaine, with 0.5 µg kg

resultsThe postoperative total morphine consumption was significantly reduced till 4 hours in II 0.57 mg (0.98 (0-3)) (p = 0.011) and up to 6 hours in Group III 0.77 mg (1.00 (0-4)) (p = 0.004) compared to Group I. The postoperative total morphine consumption was comparable at 24 hours in Group III 3.57 mg (1.73 (0-8)) and Group II 3.34 mg (1.92 (07)) (p = 1.000). The visual analogue scale (VAS) scores were comparable in all the three groups at all the time intervals studied (p > 0.05). There were no adverse effects observed during the study.

conclusionUse of perineural dexmedetomidine with LA for ACB in the postoperative period resulted in significant reduction in total morphine consumption in initial 4 hours as compared to 6 hours with intravenous (IV) dexmedetomidine.

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Anterior cruciate ligamentdexmedetomidinepostoperative analgesiasaphenous nerve block

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PMID31019690
PMCPMC6463348
OpenAlexW2889093986

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