Diazepam for relief of irrigation pain after transurethral resection of the prostate
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in European Journal of Anaesthesiology
- Vol. 14 (2) , 197-200
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003643-199703000-00013
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
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