Efficacy of Intrathecal Clonidine Versus Neostigmine as Adjuvants to Bupivacaine on Postoperative Maternal and Fetal Outcomes After Elective Cesarean Section

Summary

The delivery of the infant into the arms of a conscious and pain free mother is one of the most exciting and rewarding moments in medicine. Neuraxial anesthesia is now the preferred technique for lower segment cesarean sections (LSCS). Although epidural, spinal, continuous spinal, and combined spinal-epidural techniques have all been advocated, most cesarean sections are performed under single-shot spinal anesthesia. Even when a long acting local anesthetic like bupivacaine is used, the duration of spinal anesthesia (SA) is short and higher doses of analgesics are required in the postoperative period. Therefore, achieving a subarachnoid block that provides high quality postoperative analgesia of consistently prolonged duration is an attractive goal.

Timeline

Start

2023-12-01

Primary completion

2025-09-30

Completion

2025-11-30

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.