Transición de dolor agudo a dolor crónico postoperatorio: factores de riesgo y factores protectores
Transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain: risk factors and protective factors.
Katz J, Seltzer Z.
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.jkatz@yorku.ca
Expert Rev Neurother. 2009 May;9(5):723-44. doi: 10.1586/ern.09.20.
Abstract
Most patients who undergo surgery recover uneventfully and resume their normal daily activities within weeks. Nevertheless, chronic postsurgical pain develops in an alarming proportion of patients. The prevailing approach of focusing on established chronic pain implicitly assumes that information generated during the acute injury phase is not important to the subsequent development of chronic pain. However, a rarely appreciated fact is that every chronic pain was once acute. Here, we argue that a focus on the transition from acute to chronic pain may reveal important cues that will help us to predict who will go on to develop chronic pain and who will not. Unlike other injuries, surgery presents a unique set of circumstances in which the precise timing of the physical insult and ensuing pain are known in advance. This provides an opportunity, before surgery, to identify the risk factors and protective factors that predict the course of recovery. In this paper, the epidemiology of chronic postsurgical pain is reviewed. The surgical, psychosocial, socio-environmental and patient-related factors that appear to confer a greater risk of developing chronic postsurgical pain are described. The genetics of chronic postsurgical pain are discussed with emphasis on known polymorphisms in human genes associated with chronic pain, genetic studies of rodent models of pain involving surgical approaches, the importance of developing accurate human chronic postsurgical pain phenotypes and the expected gains for chronic postsurgical pain medicine in the post-genomic era. Evidence is then reviewed for a preventive multimodal analgesic approach to surgery. While there is some evidence that chronic postsurgical pain can be minimized or prevented by an analgesic approach involving aggressive perioperative multimodal treatment, other studies fail to show this benefit. The transition of acute postoperative pain to chronic postsurgical pain is a complex and poorly understood developmental process, involving biological, psychological and social-environmental factors.
http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/pdf/10.1586/ern.09.20
Dolor crónico postoperatorio
Chronic post-surgical pain.
Akkaya T, Ozkan D.
1st. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Unit, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.taylanakkaya@yahoo.com
Agri. 2009 Jan;21(1):1-9.
Abstract
Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) has lately become a neglected phenomenon. However, in recent years, investigations of the possible risk factors (type of surgery, preoperative pain, acute postoperative pain, and psychological and genetic factors) have also gained as much importance as the clinical problem. CPSP is not only observed following major surgery, but also following minor surgical procedures, such as hernia and vasectomy. Definitive data regarding the incidence of CPSP have not been obtained yet, since it is difficult to develop standard methods to resolve this difficult and complicated clinical picture. Many different medications, such as gabapentin, ketamine, venlafaxine, lidocaine, tramadol, and steroids have been tested in addition to multimodal analgesic techniques for the management of CPSP. Hence, preventive analgesia is a broader application of preemptive analgesia that includes any preoperative analgesic regimen able to control the sensitivity induced by pain.
http://www.journalagent.com/pubmed/linkout.asp?ISSN=1300-0012&PMID=19357994
Lesiones resultado de posiciones durante cirugía: incidencia y factores de riesgo
Injuries resulting from positioning for surgery: incidence and risk factors
Menezes S, Rodrigues R, Tranquada R, Müller S, Gama K, Manso T.
Serviço de Anestesiologia. Hospital Central do Funchal. Funchal. Portugal.
Acta Med Port. 2013 Jan-Feb;26(1):12-6. Epub 2013 Apr 24.
Abstract
Introduction: The appropriate surgical positioning is an essential step that is often underestimated, but must be considered, because can lead to serious but preventable injury. The objective of this study is to evaluate the incidence of injury due to surgical positioning, as well as try to identify their risk factors. Materials and Methods: Prospective study held for one year and included patients from different surgical specialties proposed for elective surgery. Patients were evaluated prior to surgery and exclusion criteria were: age < 18 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists - ASA score > III neuropathy or neuromuscular disease documented. Were considered injuries resulting from the positioning: erythema not reversible under digital pressure and/or persistent > 30 minutes, severe pain on pressure points and not related to the surgical site (Visual Analogue Scale - VAS = 7) and peripheral nerve injury. We evaluated the following variables: sex, age, Body Mass Index, ASA classification, anesthetic technique, type of positioning, duration of surgery and its relationship with postoperative injury. Results: Of the 172 patients included in the study, perioperative lesions were identified in 12.2%, but five of these patients had more than one lesion (pain on pressure point + neuropathy). About 9.9% complained of severe pain (Visual Analogue Scale - VAS = 7) on pressure points, 4.7% presented peripheral neuropathy and 0.6% had erythema that did not yield to the digital pressure. In the group that developed lesions, no significant difference with regard to age, sex, anesthetic technique, duration of surgery and positioning was found. Concerning to ASA classification, it was found that ASA II and III patients had a higher incidence of lesion (90.5%) compared with patients ASA I (9.5%), p < 0.05. The Body Mass Index > 30 Kg / m2 showed also statistically significant association with the development of postoperative injury, p < 0.001. In separate analysis of neuropathic injury was found that Body Mass Index > 30 Kg / m2 was associated with the occurrence of neuropathy, p < 0.05. Concerning the remaining variables and their relation with postoperative neuropathy, it wasn't found a statistically significant relationship. Conclusion: The scientific evidence for prevention of injuries in the perioperative period, including the neuropathy is limited. The postoperative evaluation of patients is essential because it allows early recognition of lesions and its documentation and guidance.
http://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/
view/4006/3204
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