Postoperative analgesia for day-case herniorrhaphy patients. A comparison of cryoanalgesia, paravertebral blockade and oral analgesia.
Patients were admitted as day-cases for inguinal herniorrhaphy under epidural anaesthesia and chlormethiazole sedation. The patients were given oral analgesia, and in addition, some were given either a paravertebral block with a dextran/bupivacaine mixture or cryoanalgesia of the ilio-inguinal nerve for postoperative pain relief. These anaesthetic and analgesic techniques are discussed in relation to day-case herniorrhaphy.
D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000698:Analgesia; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003080:Cold Temperature; D011431:Dextropropoxyphene / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008614:Meperidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D000082:Acetaminophen; C011800:acetaminophen, dextropropoxyphene, drug combination; D008614:Meperidine; D011431:Dextropropoxyphene; D002045:Bupivacaine