[Comparison of the effects of pethidine plus lidocaine and lidocaine alone on depth and duration of post operative analgesia in IV block of upper limb]

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective: One of the alternative methods for general anesthesia that has been used for a long time by means of local anesthetic drugs for brief limbs procedures is intravenous regional block. This research was designed to study the effects of pethidine plus lidocaine in intravenous regional anesthesia and comparing it with the conventional method of lidocaine alone in order to intensity the depth of block and duration of postoperative analgesia in upper limb procedures