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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2024

Study of caudal ropivacaine with or without dexmedetomidine for postoperative analgesia in paediatric genitourinary infraumbilical surgery: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Kaushal Tamang, Bidur Kumar Baral, Sadichhya Shah Malla, Brihaspati Kc, Sandip Kuikel, Diwan Shrestha, Nibesh Pathak

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kaushal TamangNational Academy of Medical Sciences, Mahaboudhha.
Bidur Kumar BaralNational Academy of Medical Sciences, Mahaboudhha.
Sadichhya Shah MallaNational Academy of Medical Sciences, Mahaboudhha.
Brihaspati KcNational Academy of Medical Sciences, Mahaboudhha.
Sandip KuikelMaharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Diwan ShresthaTribhuvan University Institute of Medicine.
Nibesh PathakMaharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
National Academy of Medical Sciences · NPTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital · NPTribhuvan University · NP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various studies have described the use of Dexmedetomidine with local anaesthetic drugs in caudal blocks for the management of postoperative pain in children. This study was designed to determine the analgesic effect of caudal Dexmedetomidine with Ropivacaine in paediatric genitourinary infraumbilical surgeries. Postoperative analgesic effects of caudal Ropivacaine with or without Dexmedetomidine in paediatric genitourinary infraumbilical were evaluated. This study was a prospective, interventional, comparative study conducted after ethical approval from the institute. Informed expressed consent was taken from each patient's guardians. The sample size was calculated to be 31 in each group. The two groups were randomly assigned and the intervention involved caudal epidural injection with either Ropivacaine combined with Dexmedetomidine or Ropivacaine with Normal Saline. Children receiving Ropivacaine with Dexmedetomidine had a significantly prolonged duration of analgesia compared to those receiving Ropivacaine alone (840.35 ± 149.97 vs. 412.90 ± 93.46 min,

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analgesiacaudal blockdexmedetomidineinfraumbilical surgerypostoperative analgesiaropivacaine

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PMID38576959
PMCPMC10990384
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