Incidencia del dolor crónico postoperatorio y factores asociados

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Abstract: Objective:Determine the incidence of chronic postoperative pain and its associated factors on patients undergoing surgical procedures at the gineco-obstetrics services of the Manuel Ygnacio Monteros Valdivieso Hospital, during October 2018 -June 2019 period. Metodology:It is a descriptive, prospective, observational and correlational study, whose sample size was 50 patients to whom EVA and PainDetect questionnaire was performed at the preoperative evaluation as well as the 24hrs, 48hrs, 1st month and the 3rd monthafter the surgical procedure. Results:The incidence of the chronic postoperative pain is 2%. The anesthesia used: was spinal anesthesia in 94% of the patients and general anesthesia in the 6% of the patients. There was moderate to severe pain in the immediate postoperative evaluation in 80% of the patients, 48% on the 1st month after the surgical procedure and 28% on the 3rd month after the surgical procedure. The Pain Detect questionnaire was positive on 2% of the patients. Conclusion: The low incidence was possibly related to the anesthesia used during procedures and the EVA and Pain Detect scores during the study time.