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Combining Various Adjuvants with Ropivacaine in Forearm Fracture Surgery Under Axillary Blockade

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June 2021

Combining Various Adjuvants with Ropivacaine in Forearm Fracture Surgery Under Axillary Blockade

Vol: 37| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effects of adding dexmedetomidine, fentanyl, and verapamil to 0.5% ropivacaine on onset and duration of sensory and motor block in forearm surgeries: a randomized controlled trial

Med Gas Res. Apr-Jun 2021;11(2): 47-52.

Contributing Authors:
N Hashemi H Modir E Moshiri AH Moradi A Almasi-Hashiani

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Patients scheduled for forearm and hand fracture surgery under an axillary plexus block were randomized to receive the local anesthetic ropivacaine (0.5%) combined with either fentanyl (n=35), dexmedetomidine (n=35), or verapamil (n=35). Outcomes of interest included pain on a visual analogue scale (VAS), duration and time to onset of sensory block, duration and time to achieve motor block, incide...

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