Comparing the Effects of Oral Clonidine Premedication With Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine Infusion on Anesthetic Requirement and Recovery From Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Major Spine Surgery

Abstract

Both clonidine and dexmedetomidine have anesthetic-sparing effect; however, it was more with dexmedetomidine than with clonidine. Recovery from isoflurane anesthesia was similar between both groups. Both are equally effective in controlling the hemodynamic response and reducing the blood loss during spine surgery.