BMC Anesthesiol 2022 Jun 7;22(1):176. Epub 2022 Jun 7.
Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, South Baixiang, Wenzhou City, 325000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Background: To study the respective peripheral and systemic mechanisms of action of dexmedetomidine, as adjuvant to regional anesthesia, we compared dexmedetomidine added to ropivacaine for mid-forearm nerve blocks, to either systemic-only dexmedetomidine, and to a control with no dexmedetomidine.
Methods: Sixty patients undergoing hand surgery were randomly divided into three groups (n = 20 per group). Each group underwent a triple-nerve (median, radial and ulnar) mid-forearm blocks with 0. Read More