Background:~Despite developments in treatment of pain, the availability of new drugs or increased knowledge of pain management, postoperative pain control after different surgeries still remains inadequate.~Aims:~This study focused on to determine postoperative analgesic efficacy of tramadol compared to tramadol with addition of paracetamol after a lumbar disc surgery.~Study Design:~In this study we have randomized 60 patients into two treatment groups. In Group Tramadol patients received tramadol, In Group TramadolParacetamol patients received paracetamol 1 gr iv in addition to tramadol 30 minutes before the operation ends and 1 g at 6 hour intervals.~Methods:~Severity of the pain, total tramadol consumption, adverse effects, ramsay sedation scale score, nausea/vomiting scores, patient satisfaction score were recorded in the postoperative period.
This study focused on to determine postoperative analgesic efficacy of tramadol compared to tramadol with addition of paracetamol after a lumbar disc surgery.