Effect of ropivacaine, mepivacaine or the combination of ropivacaine and mepivacaine for epidural anaesthesia on the postoperative recovery in patients undergoing caesarean section : a randomized, prospective, double-blind study

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BACKGROUND: Anaesthetic methods and drugs with rapid onset, rapid recovery and better postoperative analgesia are more suitable for rapid recovery in obstetric anaesthesia. We formulated the following hypothesis: a combination of mepivacaine and ropivacaine could provide a longer analgesic effect and have more advantages in terms of rapid-recovery indicators.

METHODS: A total of 180 pregnant women scheduled to undergo elective caesarean sections were randomly assigned to three surgical groups, which received 2% mepivacaine (Group M), 2% mepivacaine + 0.75% ropivacaine (Group MR) (Volume 1:1) or 0.75% ropivacaine (Group R) through an epidural catheter. The situation of postoperative analgesia and other indicators of rapid recovery were recorded.

RESULTS: One hundred and fifty patients were included in the final analysis. Their demographic data were similar. The visual analogue scale (VAS) scores of Group MR and Group R were lower than Group M at 1 and 2 h after surgery both at rest and with movement (P < 0.05), and the time to first ambulation in Group MR (17.38 ± 2.06 h) and Group M (17.20 ± 2.09 h) was shorter than that in Group R (22.18 ± 1.74 h) (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: Application of 2% mepivacaine combined with 0.75% ropivacaine for epidural anaesthesia can provide longer postoperative analgesia and earlier ambulation, these effect may be more suitable than that of 2% mepivacaine or 0.75% ropivacaine alone for caesarean section.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: This study was registered at Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Registration number: ChiCTR 2300078288; date of registration: 04/12/2023).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC anesthesiology - 24(2024), 1 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Muye [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaocui [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Weiming [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yujie [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shouping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Amides
Anesthetics, Local
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Cesarean section
Epidural anesthesia
Journal Article
Mepivacaine
Randomized Controlled Trial
Ropivacaine

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Date Completed 08.02.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12871-024-02413-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368106063