This study was carried out in Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna institute of Medical sciences, Karad during a period of 2011-2013. All patients received premedication in form of inj. glycopyrrolate & Inj fentanyl IV; Inj ranitidine & Inj ondansetron IV. General anaesthesia was given in conventional manner using inj. thiopentone sodium, Inj succinylcholine, O2 + N2O, Inj Vecuronium. The patients of group Dex had optimum sedation as assessed by Ramsay Sedation Score, the mean score being around 3(patient sleepy but responds to verbal commands), unlike those of group NS who had scores around 1(anxious, agitated or restless or both). The incidence of intraoperative & postoperative complications in patients of our study. Hypotension, tachycardia & hypertension in 1, 1 & 2 patients of group Dex respectively. In group DEX bradycardia occurred in 1 patient. Dryness of mouth was seen in one patient of each of two Groups