A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ROPIVACAINE AND ROPIVACAINE WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE IN TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK FOR POST-OPERATIVE ANALGESIA AND EARLY MOBILIZATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of ropivacaine alone and ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine, which is used for transversus abdominis plane block (TAP) in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair. The primary outcome was the time to first request for rescue analgesia (defined as Visual Analog Scale...