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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Cryoanalgesia for pain after herniorrhaphy.
- R C Khiroya, H T Davenport, and J G Jones.
- Anaesthesia. 1986 Jan 1; 41 (1): 73-6.
AbstractThe effect of freezing the ilioinguinal nerve on postoperative pain relief was examined in a double blind study in 36 patients undergoing herniorrhaphy, randomly allocated into two groups. Patients in the experimental group had their ilioinguinal nerves frozen during surgery and were compared with the patients in the control group who did not have cryoanalgesia. Pain relief was assessed over a 48-hour period in three ways, namely the linear analogue pain scale, peak expiratory flow rates and the amount of analgesic drugs required by patients in the two groups. We conclude that cryoanalgesia of the ilioinguinal nerve alone does not produce significant early post herniorrhaphy pain relief.
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