Topical metronidazole can reduce pain after surgery and pain on defecation in postoperative hemorrhoidectomy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Ala, Shahram ^a   Saeedi, Majid ^a   Eshghi, Fariborz ^a   Mirzabeygi, Parastou ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemorrhoidectomy; Metronidazole; Pain; Topical

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; OINTMENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149113442     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9174-3     Document Type: Article

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