Efficacy of combination of 0.2% GTN and lignocaine ointments in wound healing and pain relief after Milligan Morgan hemorrhoidectomy - A comparison with lignocaine and 0.2% GTN ointments separately

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 329-333

  Khan, Khizar Ishtiaque ^a   Waqas, Ahmed ^b   Akmal, Muhammad ^c   Mahmood, Shahid ^d   Iqbal, Afaq ^d  

^a Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HIT Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^d NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

GTN; Lignocaine; Milligan Morgan hemorrhoidectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OINTMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; MILLIGAN MORGAN HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEMORRHOIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; RETRACTED ARTICLE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84897442714     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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