Mohammad Forozeshfard1, Elahe Jahan2, Jaafar Amirsadat3, Raheb Ghorbani4. 1. Cancer Research Center and Department of Anesthesiology, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. 2. Department of Nursing, Semnan branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran. 3. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4. Department of Epidemiology and Statistic, Research Center of Health Social Determinants, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. Electronic address: r_ghorbani@semums.ac.ir.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the incidence and factors contributing to postspinal anesthesia (SPA) low back pain (LBP) in patients undergoing nonobstetrical surgeries. DESIGN: A prospective 1-year follow-up study. METHODS: Patients having nonobstetrical surgery using SPA were included. The patients were followed up through phone calls and interviews every postoperative day for the first week, weekly for a month, and then monthly for a year after SPA. Patients' duration of LBP, duration of surgery, and need for LBP treatment were recorded. FINDINGS: Of 410 patients, 5.8% (24 patients) experienced LBP. The incidence of LBP did not have a significant correlation with the recorded variables (P > .05). There was a negative significant correlation between duration of LBP and duration of surgery (r = -0.5096; P = .001). Of the 24 patients experiencing LBP, 16.7% (four patients) experienced it for less than 1 day, 66.7% (16 patients) 1 to 7 days, 16.7% (four patients) more than 7 days, and only one patient (4.2%) for up to 17 days. Special LBP treatment was not needed in any of the patients. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of LBP was very low, and those patients undergoing nonobstetrical surgery and receiving SPA did not experience persistent LBP.
PURPOSE: To determine the incidence and factors contributing to postspinal anesthesia (SPA) low back pain (LBP) in patients undergoing nonobstetrical surgeries. DESIGN: A prospective 1-year follow-up study. METHODS:Patients having nonobstetrical surgery using SPA were included. The patients were followed up through phone calls and interviews every postoperative day for the first week, weekly for a month, and then monthly for a year after SPA. Patients' duration of LBP, duration of surgery, and need for LBP treatment were recorded. FINDINGS: Of 410 patients, 5.8% (24 patients) experienced LBP. The incidence of LBP did not have a significant correlation with the recorded variables (P > .05). There was a negative significant correlation between duration of LBP and duration of surgery (r = -0.5096; P = .001). Of the 24 patients experiencing LBP, 16.7% (four patients) experienced it for less than 1 day, 66.7% (16 patients) 1 to 7 days, 16.7% (four patients) more than 7 days, and only one patient (4.2%) for up to 17 days. Special LBP treatment was not needed in any of the patients. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of LBP was very low, and those patients undergoing nonobstetrical surgery and receiving SPA did not experience persistent LBP.
Authors: Hao Jie Zhang; Xue Hai Ma; Song Lin Xie; Shu Lian Qin; Cong Zhi Liu; Zhen Guo Zhang Journal: J Orthop Surg Res Date: 2020-01-06 Impact factor: 2.359