AIM To investigate the effect of magnesium administered to the operative region muscle and administered systemically on postoperative analgesia consumption after lumbar disc surgery. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study included a total of 75 ASA I-II patients aged 18-65 years. The patients were randomly allocated into 1 of 3 groups of 25: the Intravenous (IV) Group, the Intramuscular (IM) Group, an...

IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● January 2015; 4(1) 547 Original Article The efficacy of intravenous Paracetamol versus Tramadol for postoperative analgesia after elective surgery Singh B, Singh I, Singh AP ABSTRACT Background: Pain is an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience usually occurs due to potential tissue damage associated with surgical trauma. Opioids and Non steroidal antiinflammatory dr...

Material and methods: Sixty male patients (ASA I and II) undergoing varicocelectomy and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) with standard laryngeal mask airway (LMA) anesthesia were randomly divided into two groups. Patients in Group I (n=30) received 50 mg of dexketoprofen trometamol iv before induction, whereas patients in Group II (n=30) received saline. All patients received standard LMA ane...

Excisional technique according to Milligan-Morgan remains the most effective approach for patients with grade III-IV hemorrhoids [1]. However, it is usually associated with significant postoperative pain that may result in severe patient discomfort and in a delayed return to daily activities. Pain seems to be multifactorial, depending on factors such as individual tolerance, method of anesthesi...

Abstract Background Tramadol provokes oxidative stress that gives rise to apoptosis with alterations in the cellular structure and adversely influences male fertility. A specific inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), has observable antioxidant anti-inflammatory characteristics enhances improvement organs damage caused by various agents. The impact PDTC...

OBJECTIVES 1) To evaluate the analgesic effect of atorvastatin and simvastatin. 2) To compare analgesic activity of these with an established drug tramadol. MATERIALS AND METHODS Healthy Albino rats were taken. They were randomly divided into 4 groups of six animals each. Group I: Normal Saline (0.5 ml), Group II: Tramadol (10 mg/kg BW), Group III: Atorvastatin (10 mg/kg BW) and Group IV: Sim...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to compare the first 24-hour postoperative analgesic efficiency of ultrasound (USG)-assisted transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block to IV morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in patients undergoing lower abdominal surgery. METHODS Fifty ASA I-III patients were included into this randomised, prospective clinical study. At end of surgery, Group 1 received 1 mg kg(-1) ...

BACKGROUND The pain on propofol injection is considered to be a common and difficult to eliminate problem in children. In this study, we aimed to compare the efficacy of pretreatment with tramadol 1 mg.kg(-1)and propofol-lidocaine 20 mg mixture for prevention of propofol induced pain in children. METHODS One hundred and twenty ASA I-II patients undergoing orthopedic and otolaryngological surg...

Introduction: NSAIDs and opioids are routinely used after cardiac surgery to mitigate postoperative pain. The aim of this study was to study efficacy of IV paracetamol vs. IV tramadol for postoperative pain relief, effects on haemodynamic stability, and adverse side effects. Methods: After getting permission from ethics committee, all patients were divided into 2 groups of 30 each. One group re...