A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS POST-OPERATIVE PAIN AT VARIOUS INTERVALS OF 6, 12, 18, 24 & 36 HOURS BETWEEN LAPAROSCOPIC & OPEN APPENDECTOMY
| Main Author: | Huda Aslam, Hira Moughal, Nida Nasir Jaspal |
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| Format: | Article |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1473757 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objective: We aimed to compare the pain felt post-operatively during various time intervals of 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 hours. Material and methods: We conducted this research in the Surgery Department of Allied Hospital, Lahore from February to September 2017 on a total of sixty-two appendicitis patients. Research sample distribution was such that patients had a random distribution in two groups respectively “OA” and “LA” groups. The research analyzed the hospital stay and post-operative pain in the patients. Results: Both the groups included thirty-one patients in each group. We compared the pain felt post-operatively during various time intervals of 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 hours through VAS scale; which was significantly less than the patients treated with laparoscopically with a significant P-value under 0.0001. Post-operative pain in both groups in terms of postoperative stay was respectively 6.71 days (5 – 12 days) and 7.74 days (3 – 13 days) in LA and OA groups. Hospitalization was less in LA group than OA. Conclusion: There are equal safe evidence is available about laparoscopic appendectomy which also produces decreased postoperative morbidity rate, as an open appendectomy. Majority of the patients of acute appendicitis experience laparoscopic intervention. Laparoscopic appendectomy is very helpful in order to decrease hospital stay, complications, post-operative pain and normal activity restoration. Better training can improve its regular application by the surgeon. Keywords: Appendectomy, Appendicitis, VAS, Laparoscopic Appendectomy (LA), Open Appendectomy (OA), Post-Operative and Laparoscopy.