%0 Journal Article
%T A Comparative Study for Post Operative Analgesia in the Emergency Laparotomies: Thoracic Epidural Ropivacaine with Nalbuphine and Ropivacaine with Butorphanol
%A Bikram Kumar Gupta
%A Gyanendra Kumar Gautam
%A Saravana Babu
%J Archive of "Anesthesia, Essays and Researches".
%D 2017
%R 10.4103/0259-1162.186593
%X Adequate postoperative pain therapy for emergency abdominal surgeries is important far beyond the perioperative period because sensitization to painful stimuli can cause postoperative morbidity. A prospective, double-blind, randomized study was carried out to compare the quality of postoperative analgesia and side-effect profile between epidurally administered butorphanol and nalbuphine as an adjuvant to 0.2% ropivacaine
%K Butorphanol
%K emergency laparotomy
%K nalbuphine
%K postoperative analgesia
%K ropivacaine
%K thoracic epidural
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341686/