Comparison of Levobupivacaine, Ropivacaine and Bupivacaine in Epidural Anaesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study compares the clinical efficacy of newer local anaesthetic drugs Levobupivacaine and Ropivacaine with Bupivacaine in lumbar epidural anaesthesia for hip surgeries.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Government Medical College, Haldwani
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Bupivacaine; Levobupivacaine; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA Grade I and II patients of either sex

• Age 18-60 years

• Undergoing various hip surgeries under lumbar epidural anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal for epidural

• ASA-III&IV

• Head injury

• Psychiatric disease

• Known allergic to test drugs

• Major systemic disease

• Any analgesia with in past 24 hours