Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate the effects of parenterally administered paracetamol and tenoxicam istanbul travesti on early postoperative pain regarding analgesia in healthy adults who had completed root canal treatments RCTs in a single visit under standard general anesthesia protocols Materials and Methods In this istanbul travestileri retrospective study the veri of 83 adult patients who underwent RCTs under general anesthesia in a single visit due to severe nausea reflex and or anxiety were analyzed Patients were Travesti istanbul divided into two groups according to the intravenous administration of 15 mg kg paracetamol P group or 0 5 mg kg tenoxicam T group 30 min before the end of Travesti general anesthesia to meet their analgesia requirements Thereafter early postoperative period visual analog scale VAS scores were recorded at the 5th minute after the patients were taken to the recovery room and at the subsequent 2nd hour After 2 h rescue analgesia was given to patients with VAS scores 4 in both groups and recorded Veri were analyzed statistically Results A total of 68 patients who met the inclusion criteria were evaluated Regarding postoperative pain values the average VAS score was significantly lower in the T group at both the 5th minute and 2nd hour than in the P group In both groups the mean VAS scores were decreased by the same amount over time and the differences between the groups were not significant p 0 452 Moreover no significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of the need for rescue analgesia p 0 571 Conclusion Tenoxicam administered parenterally provides more effective analgesia for postoperative pain management compared with paracetamol when it is used in RCTs under general anesthesia
Effects of paracetamol and tenoxicam on postoperative pain and need for rescue analgesia in root canal treatments performed under general anesthesia: a retrospective study
