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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Ninety females undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy with spinal anesthesia were randomly assigned to six groups consisting of placebo (normal saline, C), fentanyl (three bolus of 1 microg x kg (-1), F), ketamine (infusion of 15 microg x kg (-1) x min (-1), K), ketamine and fentanyl (infusion of 15 microg x kg (-1) x min (-1) ketamine plus three bolus of 1 microg x kg (-1) fentanyl, FK), lornoxicam (one bolus of 8 mg, L), and lornoxicam and fentanyl (one bolus of 8 mg lornoxicam plus three bolus of 1 microg x kg (-1) fentanyl, FL).