Comparison of mean dose of tramadol required post operatively in patients undergoing caesarean section with and without bupivacaine infiltration of surgical wound

Aim: to compare the mean dose of tramadol required post operatively in patient undergoing caesarean sections with and without bupivacaine infiltration. study design: it was a randomized controlled study. duration: six months from january 2013 to june 2013. settings: department of obstetrics & gynaecology,bahawal victoria hospital,bahawalpur. methods: a total of 80 women (40 in each group) fulfilling the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled. results: in our study,11(27.5%) in cases and 15(37.5%) in controls were between 2025 years,23(57.5%) in cases and 21(52.5%) in controls were between 2630 years,6(15%) in cases and 4(10%) in controls were between 3135 years,mean+sd was calculated as 26.88+3.68 years,while comparison of mean dose of tramadol required post operatively in patient undergoing caesarean sections with and without bupivacaine infiltration was done which shows that 109.98+5.96 mg in cases and 236.3+11.14mg of tramadol in controls were recorded which shows a significant difference between both groups,p value was calculated as 0.000. conclusion: we concluded that mean dose of tramadol required postoperatively in patients undergoing caesarean sections with bupivacaine infiltration is significantly lower than the patients without infiltration.