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Ginecología y obstetricia de México
Print version ISSN 0300-9041
Abstract
AGUILAR-TORRES, César R.; SOSA-RODRIGUEZ, Pedro; MARQUEZ-RAMIREZ, Yadira A. and GUIGON-CANSECO, Miguel E.. Effectiveness of using indomethacin vs usual analgesic in the management of postoperative pain in hysterectomy. Ginecol. obstet. Méx. [online]. 2020, vol.88, n.5, pp.293-295. Epub Sep 20, 2021. ISSN 0300-9041. https://doi.org/10.24245/gom.v88i5.3916.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the effectiveness of indomethacin in the treatment of post-hysterectomy pain versus paracetamol or metamizole administered intravenously.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Experimental, comparative and prospective study at the Central Hospital of the State of Chihuahua, period November to December 2019, patients undergoing hysterectomy with complete clinical record, any age. Patients with alterations in the pain threshold, inconsistencies in the file, total non-gynecological hysterectomy were excluded, patients with information limitations were eliminated, which did not allow to relate the dependent variable, with the independent one.
RESULTS:
141 patients were collected, which were divided into three groups. Group 1: intravenous metamizole and indomethacin rectally (n = 24). Group 2: intravenous paracetamol and indomethacin rectally (n = 19). Group 3: intravenous paracetamol and metamizole (n = 98). Most of the patients in groups 1 and 2 reported, at 24 hours, a visual analog scale of less than 3 vs those of group 3. Ten of 98 patients required treatment in the Anesthesiology service.
CONCLUSION:
The administration of indomethacin rectally in postoperative patients of hysterectomy has been shown to reduce pain more effectively than conventional analgesics such as metamizole and paracetamol, relating to clinical evolution and early hospital discharge.
Keywords : Indomethacin; Metamizole; Paracetamol; Pain scale; Hysterectomy; Analgesics; Pain threshold; Pain, referred; Non-steroidal antiinflammatory; Anesthesiologist.