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Results are reported on the effect of striated muscle fiber relaxants, in decreasing reflex muscle contracture of the anal sphincter muscles caused by the first postoperative evacuation of the rectum, in patients having undergone hemorrhoidectomy or combined fissurectomy and hemorrhoidectomy. Twenty patients were given tubocurarine chloride injections in a repository vehicle, while three groups of 15 patients each were treated with meprobamate, methocarbamol and chlormezanone, respectively.
A comparative study was made of another group of 20 patients who had undergone the same surgical treatment and who received the same care, excepting administration of muscle relaxants.
Patients treated with tubocurarine or meprobamate reacted favorably and pain was reduced. The conclusion was reached that both drugs are valuable in lessening pain intensity after anorectal surgery.
Methocarbamol and chlormezanone did not render favorable results according to the observations made in this study.
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Read at the meeting of the Mexican Proctologic Society and the American Proctologic Society, Mexico City, Mexico, April 29 to May 1, 1960.
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Minvielle-Uruchurtu, L. The value of muscle relaxants in the postoperative management of anorectal operations. Dis Colon Rectum 4, 27–31 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616682
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