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

mohammed Taher Ahmed Omar0 个研究点目标入组 50 人开始时间: 2009年12月18日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•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).

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mohammed Taher Ahmed Omar