[A combination of buprenorphine and bupivacaine for peridural anesthesia. Our experience]. / Buprenorfina in associazione con bupivacaina per l'anestesia peridurale. Nostra esperienza.

The Authors report the results of a study on 204 patients anesthetized with epidural administration of buprenorphine with bupivacaine. The data obtained were compared with a sample of 236 patients treated with local anesthetic alone. On the whole, the first group of patients presented better anesthesia, with a significantly longer anesthetic effect and more effective sedative and postoperative analgesic effects. Side effects observed were of acceptable entity and incidence.