This study focused on to determine postoperative analgesic efficacy of tramadol compared to tramadol with addition of paracetamol after a lumbar disc surgery.

Background:

Despite developments in treatment of pain, the availability of new drugs or increased knowledge of pain management, postoperative pain control after different surgeries still remains inadequate.

Aims:

This study focused on to determine postoperative analgesic efficacy of tramadol compared to tramadol with addition of paracetamol after a lumbar disc surgery.

Study Design:

In this study we have randomized 60 patients into two treatment groups. In Group Tramadol patients received tramadol, In Group TramadolParacetamol patients received paracetamol 1 gr iv in addition to tramadol 30 minutes before the operation ends and 1 g at 6 hour intervals.

Methods:

Severity of the pain, total tramadol consumption, adverse effects, ramsay sedation scale score, nausea/vomiting scores, patient satisfaction score were recorded in the postoperative period.

Inclusion Criteria:

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 1 or 2 status patients with single level lumbar disc herniation.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who could not use a patient controlled analgesia (PCA) device, known allergies to any of the drugs used in this study,hepatic and renal dysfunction, herniated disc with neurological deficit or intense pain justifying emergency surgery and the patients whose body mass index is ≥30 kg/m2 were excluded from the study.