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Diazepam for relief of irrigation pain after transurethral resection of the prostate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2006

M. R. Nott ,
P. M. Jameson  and
S. A. Julious
M. R. Nott
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal West Sussex Hospital, St Richard’s, Chichester, West Sussex
P. M. Jameson
Affiliation:
Present address: St George’s Hospital, London, UK
S. A. Julious
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Statistics and Computing, University of Southampton, Hants, UK
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Abstract

Irrigation of the bladder after transurethral resection of the prostate is often distressing because of pain arising from detrusor muscle spasm. The effect of post-operative oral diazepam was compared with sacral epidural (caudal) block at the time of surgery, both treatments together and a control group, assessed by three-point rank scoring. Either treatment significantly reduced the incidence of pain reported by patients, P < 0.001. No patient experienced pain after both treatments.

Keywords

analgesiapost-operativetransurethral prostatectomybenzodiazepinesdiazepamepidural injectioncaudalbupivacaine
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Original Article
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , March 1997 , pp. 197 - 200
Copyright
1997 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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