Efficacy of Post-Operative Analgesic Monotherapy Regimens in Patient Operated for Inguinal Hernia-a Hospital Based Observational Study

Postoperative pain management after open inguinal hernia surgery faced by healthcare physicians is a major issue on a routine basis. The purpose of this study to nd out the analgesic efcacy of the drugs administered to patients operated for inguinal hernia. It was three months; prospective observational study in patients underwent open inguinal hernia surgery. A total of 33 patients operated for open inguinal hernia were enrolled. Each patient was randomly received the analgesic drug treatment and was grouped as parecoxib treated (NSAIDs COX 2 inhibitor), pethidine treated (opioid analgesic) and acetaminophen treated (analgesic and antipyretic). The analgesic mono-therapy of parecoxip and pethidine were found to be of equivalent efcacy. In contrast, patient treated with the mono-therapy of acetaminophen had higher Visual Analog Score (VAS) score. Parecoxib sodium was well tolerated in all patients and rated parecoxib as well as pethidine as either good or excellent analgesic monotherapy. The study observed that the parecoxib compares favorably with pethidine and parecoxib can be suggested as signicant and useful component of postoperative pain control in hernia surgery.