Comparison between the analgesic effects of intra-articular ropivacaine and<br /> ropivacaine plus fentanyl in arthroscopic knee surgery
Journal Title: Eklem Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi - Year 2006, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Objectives: The effect of ropivacaine alone or in combination with fentanyl was evaluated on postoperative analgesia and analgesic requirements after arthroscopic knee surgery. Patients and methods: The study included 60 ASA I-II patients (age range 18 to 65 years) undergoing arthroscopic meniscectomy. Following surgery under general anesthesia, the patients were randomly divided into three groups to receive intra-articular physiological saline (controls, n=20), ropivacaine 150 mg (n=20), or ropivacaine 150 mg with fentanyl 50 µg (n=20). The patients were monitored with respect to heart rate and mean arterial pressure, and pain was estimated using a visual analog scale (VAS) after 5, 15, and 30 minutes, and 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 hours of operation. Analgesic requirements and adverse effects were recorded. Results: There were no significant differences between the two ropivacaine groups with respect to VAS scores and analgesic need (p>0.05). Pain scores in the control group were at all times higher than both ropivacaine groups (p
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Handan Birbicer, Sebnem Atici, Nurcan Doruk, Irfan Ayan, Davud Yapici, Ugur Oral
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