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Study aim
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Effect of naproxen on post-operative pain of thoracotomy
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Design
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Randomized double blinded controlled study with 60 patients needing thoracotomy surgery that referred to Masih Daneshvari Hospital will be chooen and a code will be allocated to each one of them. Then, patients will randomly divided into three control and intervention groups.
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Settings and conduct
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This study was a blind, randomized, double blinded study that in the thoracotomy surgery department of Masih Daneshvari Hospital affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: patients who are between 25 and 65 years of and in proper physical condition for thoracotomy surgery.
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of gastric ulcer disease, bleeding disorders, kidney failure and patients that used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group1: Naproxen suppository 500 mg, 30-60 minutes before thoracotomy
Intervention group 2: Diclofenac suppository 100 mg, 30-60 minutes before thoracotomy surgery
Control group: not recieving any pain medication before surgery.
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Main outcome variables
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pain,
Postoperative pain score is measured for all patients using the VAS technique in 0, 30, 60, 90 minutes, 2, 4, 6, 10, 24 hours after surgery.