A COMPARISON OF EPIDURAL BUTORPHANOL AND FENTANYL FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA USING COMBINED SPINAL EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA TECHNIQUE
P. B. JAMALE *
Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.
SIDDHARTH SHARMA
Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.
ARCHANA GAUTAM
Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.
DHANSHREE KALE
Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.
AMRUTA HEPALGAONKAR
Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A prospective randomized controlled clinical comparative study entitled “A Comparison of epidural Butorphanol 2 mg and Fentanyl 75 mcg for Postoperative analgesia using Combined Spinal Epidural Anaesthesia technique: A randomized double blind clinical study” was conducted in 40 patients between the ages of 18-60 for elective physical conditions at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and Research Center, Karad from the year 2016-2017 and admitted for elective physical surgery. All cases were given Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia using 4 ml 0.5% bupivacaine in spinal and in the postoperative period, immediately after surgery they received epidural butorphanol 2 mg (group B) or fentanyl 75 mcg (group F) diluted to 10 ml with normal saline.
Keywords: Epidural butorphanol, fentanyl, analgesia, anaesthesia technique, spinal epidural.