Quality of Life and Chronic Pain Four Years After Gastrointestinal Surgery

摘要: Little is known about the prevalence of chronic postsurgical pain after gastrointestinal surgery. This study was designed to assess andquality life in a cohort patients who underwent surgery for benign and malignant disease. A prospective design used quality morbidity at four years postoperatively in435 had upper, hepatopancreaticobiliary, small-bowel, and/or colorectal anastomotic 1999 one regional center Northeast Scotland. Chronic were assessed by postal survey using European Organization Research Treatment Cancer Quality Life-C30 questionnaire McGill Pain Questionnaire. Of 435 recruited 1999, 135 (31 percent) died censor date 2003. There 74 percent (n = 202) response rate from surviving eligible follow-up. Prevalence 18 (95 confidence interval, 13–23 percent). predominantly neuropathic character; subgroup reported moderate-to-severe pain. Risk factors included female gender, younger age, Compared with those pain-free follow-up, poorer functioning, global life, more severe symptoms, independent cancer status. The laparotomy malignancy nonmalignant conditions percent. These significantly scores