AbstractAim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of Epiduralropivacaine 0.2% and 0.125% bupivacaine in postoperative pain relief.Material & methods: After obtaining written informed consent, a routine data basedobservational study was conducted at department of Anesthesiology, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar,India for eight months. which involved 100 patients of ASA1, ASA2 who received Epidural0.2% Ropivacaine and 100 patients who received Epidural 0.125%bupivacainepostoperatively. All patients were monitored for postoperative pain by the visual analogyscale (VAS), requirement of rescue analgesia, hemodynamic parameters and adverse effects.Results: In the present study, there were 70% male and 30% female in Bupivacaine 0.125%group and 65% male and 35% female in ropivacaine0.2% group. According to visual analogyscore, 2.16 score on day 1 in Bupivacaine 0.125% group and 2.40 in ropivacaine 0.2% group.46% patients required rescue analgesia in Bupivacaine 0.125% group and 60% in ropivacaine0.2% group. In the present study, 8% had hypotension adverse effect in Bupivacaine 0.125%group and 2% in ropivacaine0.2% group.Conclusion: Ropivacaine 0.2% and bupivacaine 0.125% were equally efficacious in terms ofVAS pain scores, rescue analgesic requirement, but ropivacaine had a better safety profile interms of less hypotension and lesser motor block.

AbstractAim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of Epiduralropivacaine 0.2% and 0.125% bupivacaine in postoperative pain relief.Material & methods: After obtaining written informed consent, a routine data basedobservational study was conducted at department of Anesthesiology, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar,India for eight months. which involved 100 patients of ASA1, ASA2 who received Epidural0.2% Ropivacaine and 100 patients who received Epidural 0.125%bupivacainepostoperatively. All patients were monitored for postoperative pain by the visual analogyscale (VAS), requirement of rescue analgesia, hemodynamic parameters and adverse effects.Results: In the present study, there were 70% male and 30% female in Bupivacaine 0.125%group and 65% male and 35% female in ropivacaine0.2% group. According to visual analogyscore, 2.16 score on day 1 in Bupivacaine 0.125% group and 2.40 in ropivacaine 0.2% group.46% patients required rescue analgesia in Bupivacaine 0.125% group and 60% in ropivacaine0.2% group. In the present study, 8% had hypotension adverse effect in Bupivacaine 0.125%group and 2% in ropivacaine0.2% group.Conclusion: Ropivacaine 0.2% and bupivacaine 0.125% were equally efficacious in terms ofVAS pain scores, rescue analgesic requirement, but ropivacaine had a better safety profile interms of less hypotension and lesser motor block.