A COMPARISON OF EPIDURAL BUTORPHANOL AND FENTANYL FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA USING COMBINED SPINAL EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA TECHNIQUE

A prospective randomized controlled clinical comparative study entitled “A Comparison of epidural Butorphanol 2 mg and Fentanyl 75 mcg for Postoperative analgesia using Combined Spinal Epidural Anaesthesia technique: A randomized double blind clinical study” was conducted in 40 patients between the ages of 18-60 for elective physical conditions at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and Research Center, Karad from the year 2016-2017 and admitted for elective physical surgery. All cases were given Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia using 4 ml 0.5% bupivacaine in spinal and in the postoperative period, immediately after surgery they received epidural butorphanol 2 mg (group B) or fentanyl 75 mcg (group F) diluted to 10 ml with normal saline.