Comparative Study Of Ketamine Versus Dexmedetomidine As An Adjunct For Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block For Cesarean Sections

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Both ketamine and dexmedetomidine equally relieve postoperative pain for cesarean sections.
Twenty percent of patients in the ketamine group required rescue analgesia compared to 26.67% in the dexmedetomidine group.
Vomiting occurred in 5% of patients with dexmedetomidine and 11.67% with ketamine, indicating a trend.
Postoperative pain was monitored over 16 hours using a visual analogue scale for accurate comparison.

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Quasi-experimental study compares analgesic effects of ketamine and dexmedetomidine in TAP block, suggesting similar efficacy.

Atif et al. (2025) studied this question.

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