%0 Journal Article %T Comparison of clonidine and fentanyl as adjuvant to ropivacaine in spinal anesthesia in lower abdominal surgeries %A Akshay Dhawan %A Jugal Kumar %A Radhe Sharan %A Rajan Verma %J Archive of "Anesthesia, Essays and Researches". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/0259-1162.180781 %X Ropivacaine, a newer local anesthetic, is gaining increased acceptance due to its improved safety profile over bupivacaine and lignocaine. Analgesic adjuvants have proved to be valuable in improving the quality of anesthesia and duration of analgesia %K Anesthesia spinal %K anesthetics local %K clonidine %K fentanyl %K ropivacaine %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062245/