Preoperative Intravenous Dexamethasone and Postoperative Analgesia Following Breast Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Double-Blind Trial at a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breast surgery may be associated with significant postoperative pain and if not adequately treated, may lead to the development of chronic post-surgical pain. This necessitates the use of effective management, involving the use a multimodal analgesia regimen for the management of post breast surgery pain. The analgesic effect of perioperative use of dexamethasone has been explored but findings have been inconsistent.

Aim

The aim of this study was to determine the postoperative analgesic enhancing effect of a single preoperative dose of dexamethasone on patients undergoing breast surgery at a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

Materials and methods

This was a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study involving 94 consecutively recruited patients.

SUBMITTER: Degraft-Johnson PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204904 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature