Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Research Article
Anesthetic and Analgesic Effect of Neostigmine when Added to Lidocaine in
Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
Author(s): Alaa Mohammed Atia and Khaled Abdel-Baqy Abdel-RahmanAlaa Mohammed Atia and Khaled Abdel-Baqy Abdel-Rahman
Background: Intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) has various advantages during short surgical procedures in upper and lower limbs, but one of its disadvantages is minimal postoperative pain relief. Aim of the study: To evaluate the anesthetic and analgesic effect of adding 1 mg neostigmine to 0.5% lidocaine in IVRA. Patients and methods: This randomized double blind controlled clinical trial was carried out at Assiut University Hospital after the approval of its Ethical committee and after obtaining an informed consent from all the patients. Eighty ASA I or II patients who were scheduled for elective hand and forearm surgery were included. We excluded patients with chronic pain syndrome, Reynaud disease, sickle cell anemia, diabetes, pregnancy, lactation, drug allergy and psychological disorders. Patients were randomly assigned to control group who received 3 mg/kg 0.5% lidocaine pl.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000660