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We aimed to compare equal doses of clonidine or dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to levobupivacaine in FSNB for post-operative analgesia.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n \n Ninety patients scheduled to undergo below knee orthopaedic surgeries under subarachnoid block were divided into three groups: Group LL (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 30) patients received 38 mL of 0.125% levobupivacaine with 2 mL normal saline, Group LD (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 30) patients received 38 mL of 0.125% levobupivacaine with 0.5 \u03bcg\/kg dexmedetomidine and Group LC (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 30) received 38 mL of 0.125% levobupivacaine with 0.5 \u03bcg\/kg clonidine in saline to make total drug volume of 40 mL. The primary and secondary outcome variables were duration of analgesia and rescue analgesic requirement, verbal rating score respectively. Continuous variables were analysed with analysis of variance or the Kruskal\u2013Wallis test on the basis of data distribution. Categorical variables were analysed with the contingency table analysis and the Fisher's exact test.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Duration of analgesia was prolonged with dexmedetomidine (10.17 \u00b1 2.40 h) and clonidine (7.31 \u00b1 1.76 h) as compared to control (4.16 \u00b1 1.04 h,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.00). Significantly lower pain scores were observed in dexmedetomidine group as compared to clonidine up to 8 h post-operatively.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n Equal doses of clonidine or dexmedetomidine added to levobupivacaine prolonged the duration of analgesia, decreased requirement of rescue analgesia. 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