| dc.description.abstract | Background: Circumcision is the most widely minor surgery in the world,
whether done by doctors, paramedics, or by traditional. Circumcision
that removes part or all of the penis prepuce with the aim of removing
smegma (dirt). Society circumcised their children at the age of 5-12 years.
Analgesics may be given to patients, for instance, paracetamol, nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) such as aspirin and opioid
groups such as tramadol.
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of
paracetamol analgesics and tramadol in circumcised patients given prior
to the act of circumcision.
Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental study to determine
different analgesic effects of paracetamol and tramadol administration,
prior to circumcision. The subjects of this study are children aged 5-12
years as many as 36 children, which is divided into 2 groups of paracetamol
and tramadol group. One hour before circumcision, subjects were given
group-appropriate analgesics, then the visual analog scale (VAS) was
measured 1 hour after circumcision. The data obtained were made into
percentage on the scale of VAS <5 and> 5.
Results: In the paracetamol group, there were 5 children (27.8%) with
VAS 1-3 (mild pain), 13 children (72.2%) with moderate pain (VAS value
4-7). In the tramadol group, there were 15 children (83.3%) with mild
pain (VAS score 1-3), and the remaining 3 children (16.7%) had moderate
pain. No side effects of both analgesic drugs were found.
Conclusion: Patients with mild pain complaints were more likely found
in the tramadol group than in paracetamol group. Tramadol gave stronger
preemptive analgesic results in circumcision compared to paracetamol | en_US |
