INTRODUCTION: @entity158 control is a challenge after surgery. Inadequate control of @entity282 in mastectomy @entity1 may lead to chronic post mastectomy @entity158 . The study aimed to compare the effect of diathermy incision with scalpel incision on the severity of @entity282 after mastectomy. METHOD: Sixty three females had mastectomy under general anaesthesia. Thirty two @entity1 had skin incisions made with scalpel while 31 @entity1 with diathermy. Both groups received intraoperative @entity3575 and @entity1340 . @entity1340 was also employed as postoperative analgesic while @entity1443 was given as the rescue analgesic. The outcome measures were @entity158 scores using visual analogue score (VAS) and analgesic consumption within the twenty four hours postoperatively. RESULTS: The mean VAS in the diathermy group versus scalpel group at 6th, 12, 18th and 24th hour post operatively were 11.84 +/- 6.15 mm versus 16.18 +/- 8.5 mm (p=0.001), 11.10 +/- 4.26 mm versus 15.84 +/- 5.12 mm (p=0.001), 11.07 +/- 4.15 mm versus 17.32 +/- 6.01 mm (p=0.001), 10.6 +/- 8.08 mm versus 19.19 +/- 8.7 mm (p = 0.001) respectively. The mean dose of @entity1340 was 264 +/- 84 mg in the diathermy group versus 278 +/- 64 mg in the scalpel group p=0.189, three @entity1 required rescue analgesic ( @entity1443 ) in the diathermy group mean dose 1.5.7 +/- 0.54 g versus 7 @entity1 in the scalpel group, mean dose 1.67 +/- 0.58 g p=0.75. CONCLUSION: Diathermy can contribute to reduction in the @entity282 in @entity1 undergoing mastectomy.

Comparison of XXXX in diathermy and conventional scalpel Skin incision after mastectomy in Ibadan, Nigeria.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1340 :: ('MESH:D014147', 'Chemical') :: ['Tramadol'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain', 'pain syndrome'] @entity1443 :: ('MESH:D000082', 'Chemical') :: ['Paracetamol', 'paracetamol'] @entity282 :: ('MESH:D010149', 'Disease') :: ['acute postoperative pain'] @entity3575 :: ('MESH:D005283', 'Chemical') :: ['Fentanyl']
@entity282 :: (MESH:D010149,Disease) :: ['postoperative pain']
