Comparison of three different formulations of local anaesthetics for cervical epidural anaesthesia during thyroid surgery

Background: To compare the efficacy and safety of local anaesthetics under cervical epidural anaesthesia (CEA) using lignocaine (1%), bupivacaine (0.25%) and ropivacaine (0.5%) for thyroid surgery. Methods: In a prospective, randomized fashion, 81 patients were selected for thyroid surgery under CEA...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gaurav Jain, Pranav Bansal, Girdhari L Garg, Dinesh K Singh, Ghanshyam Yadav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=2;spage=129;epage=134;aulast=Jain