Clinical Characteristics of Spinal Levobupivacaine: Hyperbaric Compared with Isobaric Solution

Table 4

Quality of surgical anesthesia graded by patients at incision time, at 1 hour and 2 hours after injection of local anesthetic, and at skin suture time. The intervals between skin incision and suture time in isobaric and hyperbaric groups were [min–max] [51–135] minutes and [45–213] minutes, respectively. Values are number of patients.

			Quality of surgical anesthesia
Time	Group	𝑛	Worst	Poor	Fair	Good	Sedated
Skin incision	I*	7	1	0	2	4	0
	H^†	10	0	0	3	7	0
1 hour after injection	I*	4	0	0	2	1	1
	H^†	9	0	2	4	2	1
2 hours after injection	I*	2	0	1	1	0	0
	H^†	5	0	1	3	0	1
Skin suture	I*	4	0	1	2	0	1
(time varied)	H^†	9	0	2	5	1	1

Worst: discomfort because of pain; Poor: discomfort, feeling intense pressure or traction; Fair: comfortable but experiencing pressure and traction; Good: comfortable without any feeling; Sedated: no grading possible. I*, Isobaric; H^†, Hyperbaric.