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Ponte Academic Journal
Aug 2018, Volume 74, Issue 8

NEURAL THERAPY FOR PROMPT RELIEF OF RENAL COLIC

Author(s): Oguz Ergin

J. Ponte - Aug 2018 - Volume 74 - Issue 8
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2018.8.9



Abstract:
Introduction: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of neural therapy, which is regional intracutaneous injection of low concentration local anestesic, in the pain relief treatment of renal colic. Materials and methods: Fourtynine patients with renal colic were divided into two groups. Patients in group 1 were treated with neural therapy and patients in group 2 were treated with conventional therapy. In group 2, conventional therapy was diclofenac sodium 100 mg and hyocine N butyl bromide 10 mg parenterally. In group 1, intradermal injections were applied to segmental and painful areas. Local anesthetic solution had included 0,3% lidocaine HCl and saline. The severity of pain was assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS) system before (0) and 1, 10 and 15 minutes after the injection. Results: Pretreatment mean VAS was 8.47�0.9 in gruop 1 and 8.29�1.8 in group, respectively. After neural therapy (group 1), mean VAS suddenly reduced to 3.78 at 1st minute and increased slowly to 4.72 at 10th minute, 5.56 at 15th minute. There were not any side effects and any complications after neural therapy. Conventional therapy (group 2) slowly reduced VAS, which was 7.88 at 1st minute, 7 at 10th minute and 4.18 at 15th minute. Conclusion: Neural therapy is a fast, effective, safe and easy applicable treatment modality fort the management of acute renal colic. The advantage of neural therapy is that it provides prompt relieve from acute severe painful conditions such as renal colic. Key Words: renal colic, neural therapy, visual analog scale
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