Evaluating the effect of preoperative oral gabapentin on postoperative pain in patients receiving spinal anaesthesia for lower limb surgery

摘要

Background: Gabapentin has been used successfully as a non-opioid analgesic adjuvant for postoperative pain management. We hypothesised that gabapentin might be a useful adjuvant for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lower extremity surgery under subarachnoid block.