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Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

Effective postoperative pain control is an essential component of the care of the surgical patient. Uncontrolled pain may cause restlessness and thereby delay in wound healing. Haemorrhoids are certainly one of the commonest ailments that afflict mankind. NSAID's have been traditionally been used to relieve pain after minor or major surgery. There are many modes of treating the local pain like by lignocaine Jelly2%, glycerine packing, diclofenac suppository which reduces the pain but they may bring delayed wound healing. The use of

Karpura-Ghrita

is mentioned in classics after

shastrakriya

for Pain (Vedana) management. Hence, this study is planned to evaluate the effect of

Karpura-Ghritaan

topical analgesic in post haemorrhoidectomy pain.

AIM:

To evaluate the analgesic effect of

KarpuraGhrita

OBJECTIVES:

To evaluate the analgesic effect of

KarpuraGhrita

with Lignocaine jelly 2% gauze packing in post-operative Haemorrhoidectomy.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

30 patients who undergone haemorrhoidectomy under local anaesthesia, fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomly selected from I.P.D of

Shalyatantra

of KLEU's Shri BMK Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Belgavi and divided into Group 1 and Group 2 comprising of 15 patients each. Group 1 (study group) was treated with

KarpuraGhrita

gauze packing and Group 2 (control group) was treated with lignocaine jelly 2% gauze packing after Haemorrhoidectomy. Patients were assessed for requirement of 1st dose of analgesic and Pain assessed by Verbal Descriptive Scale.

OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS:

Pain score by

Kruskalwallis

multiple comparison test showed significant result in both the groups. Pain score between the two groups was evaluated by

Mann-Whitney U

test which showed non-significant result.

CONCLUSION:

KarpuraGhrita

has shown analgesic effect.

Both the drugs have shown significant effect in post haemorrhoidectomy pain management.

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