作者
Jieh-Min Shiau, Hao-Po Su, Hung-Shu Chen, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Shung-Eing Lin, Chia-Chih Tseng
发表日期
2008/1/1
期刊
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
卷号
33
期号
1
页码范围
30-35
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
简介
Background and Objectives
Hemorrhoidectomy usually leads to severe postoperative pain that often causes urinary retention. Topical EMLA cream (lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%) has been used extensively in the clinical setting. This prospective study tested the effectiveness of EMLA cream for postoperative pain control after hemorrhoidectomy.
Methods
Thirty patients admitted for hemorrhoidectomy were enrolled and randomly assigned into either a control group (n = 15) or EMLA group (n = 15). Postoperatively, the control group received approximately 5 g of neomycin ointment, and the EMLA group received approximately 5 g of EMLA. A visual analog scale (VAS) score was recorded on arrival in the postanesthesia recovery unit (PAR), after 2 hours in the PAR, on the first postoperative evening, and on the first postoperative morning. The requested frequency and dosage of meperidine, the first spontaneous …
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