introduction: post operative pain is an unpleasant experience following various stimuli resulting in a response by the body. this process causes physiological disturbances in all of the systems of the body. methods and materials: in this clinical trial , 60 upper abdominal surgery patients were selected post operatively and divided into two groups of 30 patients each. in one group, bupivacaine ...

introduction: control of post thoracotomy pain is particularly important in prevention of post operative respiratory complications. several methods are proposed for control of postoperative pain. cryoanalgesia by freezing of intercostal nerves is able to providing long term pain relief in post operative period which probably results in cutaneous sensory changes. methods: this clinical trial stu...

objective: to detect whether the preoperative combined administration of rectal diclofenac and paracetamol is superior to placebo or rectal diclofenac alone for pain after abdominal hysterectomy. materials and methods: ninety female patients (american society of anesthesiologists (asa) physical status i-ii), scheduled for abdominal hysterectomy were recruited to this double blind trial and were...

conclusions post-operative pain in rectal acetaminophen group was less than that in intravenous acetaminophen group, and rectal acetaminophen group demanded their first additional analgesic medication later. results data analysis indicated a significant relationship between reduction of postoperative pain and the use of intravenous or rectal acetaminophen (p = 0.0001); in group receiving iv ace...

in a randomized, double blind study , we compared post operative pain and analgesic requirement in patients undergoing cesarean section with two types of general anesthesia: standardized general anesthesia (control group=26 cases) and preemptive low-dose ketamine (0.2 mg/kg) administered prior to anesthesia induction (keratmine group=27 cases). postoperative analgesia was provided for both grou...

conclusions hs in total thyroidectomy, reduces operating time, blood loss, postoperative pain, drainage volume, voice changes, and postoperative hypocalcemia, compared to conventional techniques. background traditional haemostatic techniques in total thyroidectomy may cause some damages to surrounding tissues. it is believed that these damages can be reduced using ultrasonic dissector devices l...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical operations and has such complications as pain, hemorrhage and laryngospasm. pain management is of vital importance in order to reduce the suffering and restlessness in children having undergone tonsillectomy. different studies differ in their findings as to the use of ketamine for postoperative analgesia. the aim of this study was t...

conclusions the most comfortable postoperative women were those in luteal phase without history of pms group. results patients with pms presented higher pain sensation and analgesia request (p = 0.003). patients in luteal phase showed less pain and analgesia request in two out of five studied outcomes (p = 0.075). patients and methods a total of 140 women in in postoperative period were assigne...

conclusions the use of diclofenac suppository combined with iv pca results in reduced narcotic usage and a higher level of patient satisfaction compared to the use of iv acetaminophen combined with iv pca. results the patients’ characteristics were the same in both study groups. the patients’ satisfaction levels were higher among those who received diclofenac when compared with the acetaminophe...

conclusions both intravenous and epidural analgesic techniques with combination of analgesics provide proper postoperative pain control after major gynecologic cancer surgeries without any significant complications. regarding lower sedative and respiratory depressant effects of epidural analgesia, it seems that this method is a safer technique for postoperative pain relief in these patients. re...