Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Marie Hanna
600 N. Wolfe Street, Carnegie 280, Baltimore, MD 21287
Tanzania
Research Article
A Comparison of Levobupivacaine and Ropivacaine for Interscalene and Femoral Nerve Blocks: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Prospective Clinical Trial
Author(s): Marie Hanna and Paul SloanMarie Hanna and Paul Sloan
Study Objective: To compare the quality of perioperative analgesia provided by levobupivacaine 0.5% and ropivacaine 0.5%.
Design: Randomized, double-blind, prospective clinical trial.
Setting: Operating room of a university medical center.
Patients: Thirty-five patients undergoing shoulder arthroscopy and thirty-six patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
Interventions: Patients undergoing shoulder arthroscopy were administered interscalene blocks, and patients undergoing ACL reconstruction were administered femoral nerve blocks. Patients in each group were randomized to receive either levobupivacaine 0.5% or ropivacaine 0.5%.
Measurements: On postoperative days one and two, patients reported on the time of.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000135