ArticleBMC veterinary research2022
Thoracic epidural anaesthesia vs intrathecal morphine in dogs undergoing major thoracic and abdominal surgery: clinical study.
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- The nociceptive withdrawal reflex during spinal analgesia in pigs undergoing veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a prospective observational study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- The optimal dose of dexmedetomidine as a 0.59% ropivacaine adjuvant for epidural anesthesia in great saphenous varicose vein surgery, based on hemodynamics and anesthesia efficacy: a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Assessment of an Ultrasound-Guided Rectus Sheath Block in Foals: A Cadaveric Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Clinical Assessment of Introducing Locoregional Anaesthesia Techniques as Part as the Intraoperative Analgesia Management for Canine Ovariohysterectomy in a Veterinary Teaching Hospital.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Advancements in drug delivery methods for the treatment of brain disease.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- A case of priapism following intrathecal morphine injection in a dog.Open veterinary journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is scant clinical research on neuraxial analgesia in dogs undergoing major surgery. With this study we compared the perioperative analgesic effects of thoracic epidural anaesthesia (TEA) and intrathecal morphine (ITM) in dogs scheduled for thoracic or cranial abdominal surgery. The dogs received methadone and dexmedetomidine, were anaesthetized with propofol maintained with sevoflurane, and randomly assigned to receive either TEA (ropivacaine 0.5% at 0.2 mg/kg and morphine 0.1 mg/kg administered at T
resultsThere was a statistically significant difference in iRA, median time to first fentanyl bolus, median fentanyl dose after surgical opening, and median GPCS score at 30 minutes (min), 1 ,2, 4, 6, and 8 hours (h) between the two groups (p<0.001; p<0.001; p<0.001; p<0.01; p<0.01; p<0.001; p<0.01; p=0.01; p=0.01, respectively). Fewer TEA than ITM group dogs required iRA during surgical opening and pRA: 5% (1/18) and 2/18 (11%), respectively, in the TEA and 83% (16/18) and 10/18 (55%), respectively, in the ITM group. Side effects were urinary retention in 3/18 (16%) TEA group dogs and 2/18 (11%) ITM group dogs and prolonged sedation in 2/18 (11%) in ITM group dogs. TEA and ITM were effective in managing perioperative pain in dogs undergoing thoracic or cranial abdominal surgery.
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