Kalyani Manasa Rapeti
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaPublications
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Research Article
Intravenous Regional Anaesthesia Using Lidocaine and Magnesium-Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blinded Study
Author(s): Kalyani Manasa Rapeti*, Bokka Nageswara Rao and Anil Kumar Poduri
Background: Intravenous Regional Anaesthesia (IVRA) is a technically simple, reliable and cost-effective block with high success rates which can be safely used for limb surgeries, magnesium sulphate improves the quality and duration of regional analgesia and anaesthesia techniques. The present study aimed to assess whether magnesium as an adjuvant to lignocaine exerts an added advantage over plain lignocaine in IVRA. Materials and methods: Hundred patients undergoing various orthopaedic surgeries of forearm were randomized by double blinded technique. One, group L, received IVRA with 40 ml drug solution prepared by mixing 10 ml of Lignocaine 2% with 30 ml of normal saline, while the other group LM received 10 ml Lignocaine 2% with magnesium sulphate 1500 mg (in 10 ml of 15% W/V) and normal saline to make 40 mL. The onset of sensory and motor.. Read More»