RESULTS
Following the assessment of subjective and objective parameters, the
values obtained were subjected to statistical analysis.
Table 1 shows Comparison of mean LA Volume (in ml) & Duration of
Anaesthesia & Surgery (in Mins) between Test & Control sites using
Student Paired t Test. The duration of anesthesia was significantly
greater (p<0.001) in the ropivacaine group when compared to
the lignocaine group with a mean difference of 193.33.
Table 2 shows the quality of anesthesia obtained at test and control
sites and was assessed using a rating scale. In all the surgical sites
treated, areas anesthetized with ropivacaine patients reported a score
of 3 or lesser while only 70% in the lignocaine group reported a score
of 3 or lesser. The above observations infer that
ropivacaine was superior to
lignocaine as far as quality of anesthesia was concerned.
Table 3 shows the comparison of VAS scores at different time
intervals/points between two groups.The scores in the ropivacaine group
were consistently lower than the lignocaine group.The difference in
scores were statistically significant in favour of the ropivacaine
group.