A dose reduction study of local anesthetic with addition of dexmedetomidine on postoperative epidural analgesia after total knee arthroplasty

Background: Epidural analgesia is still the preferred method of postoperative analgesia for total knee arthroplasty in many countries. Dexmedetomidine is a new alpha-2 agonist which had many beneficial effects when administered epidurally. The aim of study was to provide effective postoperative anal...

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Main Authors: Ashraf M. Eskandr, Ayman M. Ebeid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184916000350