Low Dose Bupivacaine Spinal for Trans Uretral Prostatectomy.

Summary

Spinal anesthesia, is used during the transuretheral resection of the prostate.Low dose hyperbaric local anesthetics have been used to enhance the resolution of the spinal block. We compared the efficacy and duration of the spinal block with two different bupivacaine baricities. * Group I: low dose isobaric group * GroupII: Low dose hyperbaric group

Timeline

Start

2013-05

Primary completion

2013-07

Completion

2013-07

Publications

• Background Loubert C, Hallworth S, Fernando R, Columb M, Patel N, Sarang K, Sodhi V. Does the baricity of bupivacaine influence intrathecal spread in the prolonged sitting position before elective cesarean delivery? A prospective randomized controlled study. Anesth Analg. 2011 Oct;113(4):811-7. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182288bf2. Epub 2011 Sep 2.
• Background Kim SY, Cho JE, Hong JY, Koo BN, Kim JM, Kil HK. Comparison of intrathecal fentanyl and sufentanil in low-dose dilute bupivacaine spinal anaesthesia for transurethral prostatectomy. Br J Anaesth. 2009 Nov;103(5):750-4. doi: 10.1093/bja/aep263. Epub 2009 Sep 28.

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