Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ)
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Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) · Apr 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialCervical epidural anaesthesia with ropivacaine for modified radical mastectomy.
Cervical epidural anaesthesia (CEA) using local anesthetics (LA) is a well established technique for the surgeries in the neck, chest and upper arms. Recently ropivacaine is introduced with better safety profile. ⋯ Use of 0.37% ropivacaine is safer than 0.25% bupivacaine for CEA for radical mastectomy. It provides good surgical anaesthesia with lesser degree of motor blockade and the respiratory effects.