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ArticleCureus2024

Comparison of Postoperative Analgesia Between Intrathecal Nalbuphine and Intrathecal Fentanyl in Infraumbilical Surgeries: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Seetharaman Jananimadi, B T Arish, Balraj Hariharasudhan, Segaran Sivakumar, George K Sagiev, Eashwar Neelakandan

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Seetharaman JananimadiAnesthesiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, IND.
B T ArishAnesthesiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, IND.
Balraj HariharasudhanAnesthesiology, Broomfield Hospitals, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Chelmsford, GBR.
Segaran SivakumarAnesthesiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, IND.
George K SagievAnesthesiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, IND.
Eashwar NeelakandanAnesthesiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, IND.
Broomfield Hospital · GBMid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust · GBPondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSpinal anesthesia is a widely used regional anesthesia technique for surgeries below the umbilicus, but postoperative analgesia is of major concern due to the relatively short duration of the local anesthetic. Various drugs were used as an additive to local anesthetic to prolong the duration of postoperative analgesia. This study aims to compare the efficacy of nalbuphine and fentanyl as an intrathecal additive along with local anesthetic. METHODOLOGY: A total of 166 patients aged between 18 and 65 years belonging to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I and II undergoing elective infraumbilical surgeries were included in the prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial. The patients were allocated into two groups of 83 each. Group N was given 2.5 mL of 0.5% bupivacaine + 1 mg of nalbuphine (0.5 mL), and group F received 2.5 mL of 0.5% bupivacaine + 25 mcg fentanyl (0.5 mL). Both groups were compared for postoperative analgesia, onset and duration of both sensory and motor blockade, intraoperative hemodynamics, and side effects.

resultsAll demographic data, hemodynamic parameters, and side effects were not statistically significant among the two groups. However, other parameters, such as the mean duration of analgesia, which was 267.27 ± 172.099 minutes in group N and 161.35 ± 14.957 minutes in group F; meantime for the onset of sensory blockade, which was 3.94 ± 1.769 minutes in group N and 5.94 ± 0.929 minutes in group F; onset of complete motor blockade, which was 7.10 ± 1.858 minutes in group N and 11.61 ± 1.218 minutes in group F; duration of motor blockade, which was 182.57 ± 13.011 minutes in group N and 112.53 ± 7.389 minutes in group F; and mean time taken for two-segment regression, which was 118.20 ± 12.61 minutes in group N and 113.72 ± 8.84 minutes in group F, were all comparable between the two groups.

conclusionNalbuphine was found to be more efficacious for prolongation of postoperative analgesia with better hemodynamic stability.

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0.5% bupivacaineadditivesfentanylhemodynamic responseintrathecal opioidslocal anestheticnalbuphinepostoperative analgesiaspinal anesthesia

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PMID38638177
PMCPMC11024581
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