Melodie Fanay Boko, Ashish K Khanna, Frederick D'Aragon, Jessica Spence, David Conen, Ameen Patel, Sabry Ayad, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Manon Choinière, Daniel I Sessler, Francois Martin Carrier, John Harlock, Josèph S H A Koopman, Madeleine Durand, Naeem Bhojani, Alparslan Turan, Gabrielle Pagé, P J Devereaux, Emmanuelle Duceppe
BACKGROUND: The amount of same-day surgery has increased markedly worldwide in recent decades, but there remains limited evidence on chronic postsurgical pain in this setting. METHODS: We assessed pain 90 days after ambulatory surgery in an international, multicentre prospective cohort study of patients ≥45 years old with comorbidities or ≥65 years old. Pain was assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory. Chronic postsurgical pain was defined as a change ≥1 in self-rated average pain at the surgical site between baseline and 90 days, and moderate to severe chronic postsurgical pain as a score ≥4 in self-rated average pain at the surgical site at 90 days...
April 26, 2024: Anesthesiology