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Journal of Anesthesia & Pain Medicine(JAPM)

ISSN: 2474-9206 | DOI: 10.33140/JAPM

Impact Factor: 1.8

Magnesium as an Adjunct to Local Anaesthetic Prolongs Postoperative Analgesia and Decreases Laryngospasm in Tonsillectomy

Abstract

Vlok R, Borowczyk K, Melhuish TM and White LD

A trend in anaesthesia has been the addition of adjunct agents to infiltrated local anaesthetics to prolong the duration of analgesia [1-5]. One such agent is magnesium. A review of several databases including Pubmed, Medline, Web of Science and Cochrane Clinical Trials Registry identified four high quality level one RCTs studying the effect of adding magnesium to local anaesthetic infiltration in tonsillectomy [1,6-8].

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