Clinical Characteristics of Spinal Levobupivacaine: Hyperbaric Compared With Isobaric Solution

Clinical Characteristics of Spinal Levobupivacaine: Hyperbaric Compared With Isobaric Solution

The authors would like to investigate the blocking characteristics, surgical quality and side effects of intrathecal levobupivacaine whether there are any differences between the hyperbaric and the isobaric formulation for gynaecologic surgeries which need higher block level than the urological surgeries.

The investigators study in the similar patients, give the same intervention except the baricity of levobupivacaine. The investigators record the level of sensory block and modified Bromage score for motor blockade.

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-III, aged 18-70 yr, scheduled for elective gynaecologic surgery, (total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), TAH with uni-/bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (SO), uni-/bilateral ovarian cystectomy, or myomectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• contraindications for spinal block, body mass index (BMI) more than 35 kg/m2 and height less than 150 cm