Effectiveness of Metronidazole in Pain Control Posthemorrhoidectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Hemorrhoidal disease occurs in 50% of people over 40 years old and is the most common cause of anorectal surgery. One of the complications of hemorrhoidectomy is pain, which is a difficult symptom to appreciate and assess, by its frequent and large variations in sensitivity in each patient. Many studies have been done to reduce patient postoperative pain, but there is no ideal method. The application of both oral and topical metronidazole has shown to decrease pain following hemorrhoidectomy, but its use is not standardized.

The investigators evaluated the effect of oral administration of metronidazole versus homologated placebo in pain control after hemorrhoidectomy

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
• Treatments: Metronidazole

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hemorrhoidal disease grade III and IV

• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• Lactation

• Other anorectal disease

• Previous anorectal

• hypersensibility to metronidazole