transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is beneficial for postoperative pain relief following inguinal hernia repair: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

mohammed Taher Ahmed Omar0 sites50 target enrollmentDecember 18, 2009

Overview

Phase: 未知
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: What is the effect of TENS on postoperative pain and serum cortisol level (SCL) after inguinal hernial repair
Sponsor: mohammed Taher Ahmed Omar
Enrollment: 50
Status: Not yet recruiting
Last Updated: 6 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

December 18, 2009

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

Male

Sponsor

mohammed Taher Ahmed Omar

•The inclusion criteria were: (1\) direct or indirect inguinal hernia (Gillbert 1989\); (2\) use of Lichtenstein surgical technique (Lichtenstien and Shulman 1994\); (3\) infiltration anesthetic technique (Amid et al 1994\); (4\)male adult aged between 25 and 45 years; (5\) physical status I \- II, according to American Assoication of anesthesia (ASA ) (Hamza et al., 1999\); (6\) no hearing, visual, or speaking impairments; (7\) no cognitive disturbances; and (8\) resident of Cairo, willing to the participate, with support for postoperative care and a telephone at home for medical assistance, if necessary.

•Exclusion criteria were: (1\) morbid obesity; (2\) poor liver (serum bilirubin\>2\.0 mg/dL) or kidneys (serum creatinine\>1\.5 mg/dL.) (Chiu et al., 1999\);(3\) neurological or pulmonary diseases;(4\) cardiac illness, such as cardiac arrhythmia, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, and uncontrolled hypertension, and (5\) chronic use of opioids (Chiu et al., 1999\).