Amr Ahmed Magdy
Egypt
Research Article
The Effect of Fentanyl or Dexmedetomidine on the Ultrasound-Guided Paravertebral Block for Patients Undergoing Renal Surgeries: Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s): Sameh Abdelkhalik Ahmed, Mohamad Gamal Elmawy and Amr Ahmed MagdySameh Abdelkhalik Ahmed, Mohamad Gamal Elmawy and Amr Ahmed Magdy
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the continuous paravertebral block using either fentanyl or dexmedetomidine as an additive to bupivacaine in patients undergoing renal surgeries.
Methods: Ninety adult patients presented for renal surgeries under general anesthesia and ultrasound-guided continuous paravertebral block were allocated in this study and randomly distributed into three groups. All the patients received a loading and a maintenance doses of local anesthetic mixtures composed of bupivacaine alone in Control group with addition of fentanyl or dexmedetomidine in Fentanyl and Dexmedetomidine groups. The measurements included the postoperative analgesic consumption, the time for the first request for rescue analgesia, postoperative pain scores, hemodynamic parameters, and incidence of complication.
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