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Evaluating the effect of preoperative oral gabapentin on postoperative pain in patients receiving spinal anaesthesia for lower limb surgery

Published in: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume 16 , issue 6 , 2010 , pages: 9–12

DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2010.10872711

Author(s): P Raghove Department of Anaesthesiology, India , R Jaiswal Department of Anaesthesiology, India , K Singh Department of Anaesthesiology, India

Keywords: gabapentin , postoperative , pain , rescue analgesia

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Abstract

Background: Gabapentin has been used successfully as a non-opioid analgesic adjuvant for postoperative pain management. We hypothesised that gabapentin might be a useful adjuvant for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lower extremity surgery under subarachnoid block.

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