ABSTRACT
To compare the duration of anaesthesia and degree of analgesic during intravenous regional anaesthesia using lignocaine alone and lignocaine with ketorolac. This experimental study was carried out in the Nishtar Hospital, Multan during the period from August 2008 to December July 2009. A total of 60 patients, divided into two equal groups, were included in the study. The quality of analgesia observed in both groups showed that 20 patients in lignocaine + ketorolac group had excellent analgesia compared with only 4 patients in lignocaine group. Tourniquet pain was not experienced in any patient in both groups, owing most probably to the inflation of distal tourniquet cuff on the anaesthetized part of the arm with release of proximal tourniquet, 10 minutes after injection of solution. It is concluded that 30 mg ketorolac added to lignocaine in IVRA increase degree of anaesthesia and also provides prolonged postoperative analgesia