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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Pain control in voluntary surgical contraception.

AUTHORS

Ujah IA; Mutihir JT

SOURCE

EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 1998 Mar;75(3):139-41.

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to review the methods of anesthesia and/or analgesia used in voluntary surgical contraception

procedures at Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria. The study included 1546 clients who

voluntarily opted for surgical contraception after proper counseling and signing a consent form. Of a total of 1546

clients, 254 (16.4%) received general anesthesia, 296 (19.2%) were sedated and received local anesthesia, and 996

(64.4%) received only local anesthesia. It was found that there was a progressive shift from the use of general

anesthesia to local anesthesia, particularly for the minilaparotomy procedure following the introduction of the

Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception program. The use of local anesthesia for pain control considerably

reduces the risk of vomiting, drowsiness and, in extreme cases, anesthetic death. Furthermore, the cost, availability,

and safety of local anesthesia render it appropriate for pain control in Nigeria. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT2T 21-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Pain control in voluntary surgical contraception.", is(are)

Ujah IA; Mutihir JT. The source of this article is "EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 1998 Mar;75(3):139-41.".

This article was published in 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 21-06. All rights

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