Pain Modality Treatment After Hemorrhoidectomy

Assuta Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Acute; Pain, Procedural

Treatments: Other: Pain scale registry

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04953182

12-2020 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hemorrhoidectomy is one of the operations that causes the greatest intensity of pain. Treatment of postoperative pain is essential for the well-being of the patient. Long-term use of opioids and different drugs can have unintended consequences.

The objective is to corroborate which pain treatment modality is better in patients after hemorrhoidectomy.

Full description

Patients who have undergone a hemorrhoidectomy are included in the study, the pain treatment modality is conceived by the treating surgeon or anesthesiologist. The first modality is to administer pain killers on-demand depending on visual analog scales of pain and the second modality to give pain killers on determined hours.

Enrollment: 5,335 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Elective surgery for hemorrhoids

Exclusion criteria

Mental retardation Incapacitated patient Under 18 years old

Trial design

5,335 participants in 2 patient groups

Around the clock analgetic treatment

Description:

Patients that underwent hemorrhoidectomy and pain killers are prescribed every specific hour independent of pain degree, if necessary drugs can be administered on demand.

Treatment:

Other: Pain scale registry

On demand analgetic treatment

Description:

A pain killers list is prescribed by the physician and the nurse decides which drug to administer depending on a protocol of treatment based on the visual analog scale.

Treatment:

Other: Pain scale registry