Effectiveness of painkillers given before surgery to minimize post-surgical pai
Phase 4
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Post-operative pain
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2017/013
- Lead Sponsor
- Professorial Gynaecology Unit Colombo South Teaching Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1. Females
2. Aged between 20 - 65 years
3. Admitted to the study setting for major and minor laparoscopic gynaecological surgery, under general anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
1. Surgical complications such as bowel, bladder or ureter damage
2. Diagnosed psychiatric illness
3. Long-term analgesic use
4. Patients on concomitant medication known to have interactions with NSAIDs
5. Known allergy or any other contraindication to diclofenac sodium or any other NSAID
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post-operative pain severity, assessed using a combination of visual analogue scale with Wong-Baker faces. [At 2 hours, 6 hours and 24 hours post operatively<br><br>]<br>Need for rescue analgesia<br> [During the first 24 hours post-operatively]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one [None]<br>