ISSN: 2155-6148
Mohamed Ali Abdullah
Egypt
Research Article
Dexmedetomidine vs. Magnesium Sulphate as an Adjuvant to Rocuronium
Bromide, and Local Anaesthetic Mixture in Peribulbar Anaesthesia for
Viteroretinal Surgery
Author(s): Mona Mohamed Mogahed, Wessam Mohamed Nassar and Mohamed Ali Abdullah
Mona Mohamed Mogahed, Wessam Mohamed Nassar and Mohamed Ali Abdullah
Background: A wide variety of additives have been used in a mixture with local anesthetics in PBA to fasten the onset, increase the potency and prolong the duration of the block to cover the long viteroretinalsurgeries. Dexmedetomidine, magnesium sulphateand rocuronium bromidehave been added to local anesthetics to achieve such goal.
Patients and methods: This randomized double-blind prospective study was carried out on 96 ASA I and II patients aged 40 to 65 years who were scheduled for elective vitreoretinal surgery in Tanta university. Patients were divided randomly allocated into three groups, 32 patients in each group. Group C received the combination of 3.5 ml bupivacaine 0.5%, 3.5 ml lidocaine 2%, 0.5 ml rocuronium bromide (5 mg) plus 0.5 ml Normal saline (0.9% NaCl), group D received the same local anesthetic rocuronium mixture supple.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000745