Postoperative pain and subcutaneous oxygen tension

Surgical patients randomly assigned to standard pain control had postoperative subcutaneous oxygen partial pressures that were significantly less than patients given better pain treatment. Our data suggest that control of postoperative pain is a major determinant of surgical-wound infection and shou...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 1999-07, Vol.354 (9172), p.41-42
Main Authors: Akca, Ozan, Melischek, Matthias, Scheck, Thomas, Hellwagner, Klaus, Arkiliç, Cem F, Kurz, Andrea, Kapral, Stephan, Heinz, Thomas, Lackner, Franz X, Sessler, Daniel I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Comparative studies
Female
Humans
Injections, Intra-Articular
Ischemia - prevention & control
Knee - surgery
Lidocaine - administration & dosage
Local anesthesia. Pain (treatment)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Oxygen
Oxygen - metabolism
Pain management
Pain Measurement
Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy
Skin - blood supply
Surgery
Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control
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Summary:Surgical patients randomly assigned to standard pain control had postoperative subcutaneous oxygen partial pressures that were significantly less than patients given better pain treatment. Our data suggest that control of postoperative pain is a major determinant of surgical-wound infection and should be given the same consideration as maintaining adequate vascular volume and normothermia.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00874-0