Postoperative multimodal analgesia in urgent gynecological and obstetric surgery

Introduction: The pain after surgery is frequent and in urgent gynecological and obstetrics processes it appears in a persistent way. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of postoperative multimodal analgesia using opioids and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs in gynecological and obstetric surgery. Methodological design: An analytical and observational of prospective cohort study was conducted in 50 patients operated on due to gynecological and obstetric emergency, which were divided in a study group of 25 tramadol/diclofenac patients and another including 25 pethidine/dipyrone patients as control at the “Luis Diaz Soto” Military Central Hospital between January, 2008 and January, 2010 to assess the postoperative pain level, the course after surgery and the associated adverse effects. Results: The mean age was of 23 years and the more frequent diagnosis was the ectopic pregnancy (21 cases). Although they had a similar analgesia in immediate postoperative period (p= 0.061), in time it was better combined with tramadol/diclofenac (p= 0.00) than with pethydine and dipyrone. The course after surgery was better in a similar group with earlier mobilization and a better cooperation with health staff all this with scarce adverse effects. Conclusions: The combination of tramadol and sodium diclofenac offered a better analgesia after surgical procedure in study patients being a therapeutic alternative to take into account.