Four-Week Pain Profile and Patient Non-Adherence to Pharmacological Pain Therapy After Day Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays, complicated and painful surgical procedures are encouraged to be carried out in an ambulatory setting.

Objectives

The current study aimed to assess 4-week postoperative pain profiles of 4 painful ambulatory surgical procedures. We analyzed the prevalence of and reasons for non-adherence and partial adherence of patients to a predefined treatment schedule after the ambulant surgery.

Methods

The current study analyzed data from a large randomized trial by evaluating the effect of postoperative pain medication on acute postoperative pain at home during the first 4 postoperative days (POD) in patients scheduled for ambulatory hemorrhoid surgery, shoulder or knee arthroscopy, and inguinal hernia repair. Postoperative pain intensity was assessed at POD

SUBMITTER: Callebaut I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472168 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature