Pain score after inguinal hernia repair surgery in children decreased as time passed in previous studies. Postoperative oral intake is usually resumed two hours after minor surgery in most of institutions, that may influence children's behavior and pain score. A recent study suggest that oral intake one hour after minor surgery does not increase the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. The investigators primary endpoint is to clarify whether postoperative oral intake influences postoperative pain score in children.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
Ibaraki Children's Hospital
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
whether oral intake influences postoperative pain score in children
pain degree is assessed using mCHEOPS and FLACC in young children, and using FPS-R in older (8 years or older) children
Time frame: 90 minutes after surgery
postoperative nausea and vomiting
all children have to stay in hospital for 3 hours, and then, doctors visit the child and decide to discharge or not. Therefore, most of children stay in hospital approximately for 4 hours.
Time frame: 4 hours on average
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