Overview

Addition of Lidocaine to Levobupivacaine Reduces Intrathecal Block Duration

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-07-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Male
Summary
The main objective was to test the hypothesis that adding lidocaine to hyperbaric levobupivacaine could change the duration of levobupivacaine spinal block.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital
Treatments:
Anesthetics
Bupivacaine
Levobupivacaine
Lidocaine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- elective transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P)

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients with contraindications for spinal anesthesia,

- known sensitivity to the study drugs,

- emergency cases, and

- patients who refused spinal anaesthesia were excluded