CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 39, no. 1, 2013

Methods of postoperative analgesia - administration of epidural bupivacaine in patients with colon cancer undergoing surgery

[Original Paper]

M. DIACONU(1), C.C GEORGESCU(2), M TANTU(3)


(1)Craiova Emergency County Hospital;
(2)University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova;
(3)Pitesti Emergency County Hospital


Abstract:

Colon cancer is a disease in Romania whose incidence is increasing in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to present a modern management in the treatment of postoperative pain in patients with colon cancer undergoing surgery without influencing postoperative morbidity and mortality. It is necessary to introduce new approaches for colon cancer in terms of surgical treatment, and preoperative and postoperative care of the patient. Postoperative pain management is very important because it influences, on the one hand the development and recovery of the patient, but on the other hand, chronic pain may occur as a side effect to surgery [1, 2]. Pain assessmentwas performed, postoperatively by using dimensional pain assessment method, that is visual analog scale (VAS) whereas sedation assessment performed postoperatively, after the patients have received benzodiazepines and opioids during general anesthesia was performed using the Ramsay score.


Keywords: pain, analgesia, VAS scale, Ramsay score



Corresponding: Magdalena Diaconu, Emergency County Hospital Craiova, str. Tabaci, nr. 1, 200642; e-mail: diaconumagda@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.39.01.06 - Download PDF
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