Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Research
Subcutaneous wound infiltration with tramadol for post cesarean section pain relief: A double-blinded placebo randomized controlled trial
Author(s): Nada Alayed, Salwa Neyazi, Ahmed Sherif Abdel Hamid*, Haytham Hagsaad Abdelrahman Mohamed, Mohamed abdel Razeq, Marawan Mohamed Gamal, Ahmed Reda, Gamal Mustafa Farag, Halima Al-Dhabyani, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Abdel Kader Ahmed, Asmaa Moatasem Elgharib, Mohammed Abdullah Alatawi, Amal Ali Fadlallah kalifa and Mohamed el Sherbeeny*
Introduction: Cesarean delivery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure globally. Administering analgesia through wound infiltration using narcotics or local anesthetics can lower pain levels and reduce the amount of postoperative analgesics needed.
Objective: To assess the effects of tramadol infiltration at the incision site before skin closure in patients undergoing cesarean delivery on postoperative pain levels and the need for analgesics in comparison to lidocaine.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial was performed at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital, where 99 pregnant women scheduled for cesarean section delivery were RANDOMLY assigned to receive tramadol, lidocaine, or placebo subcutaneously before the closure of the skin. The primary outcome we measured was pain assessment at 2, 6, 1.. Read More»