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Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management during Transurethral Procedures
Joint Authors
Tyritzis, Stavros I.
Constantinides, Constantinos A.
Fotopoulou, Georgia
Koritsiadis, Georgios
Vasileiou, Ioanna
Migdalis, Vasileios
Michalakis, Anastasios
Stravodimos, Konstantinos G.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We compared the analgesic efficacy of spinal and general anaesthesia following transurethral procedures.
97 and 47 patients underwent transurethral bladder tumour resection (TUR-B) and transurethral prostatectomy (TUR-P), respectively.
Postoperative pain was recorded using an 11-point visual analogue scale (VAS).
VAS score was greatest at discharge from recovery room for general anaesthesia (P=0.027).
The pattern changed significantly at 8 h and 12 h for general anaesthesia's efficacy (P=0.017 and P=0.007, resp.).
A higher VAS score was observed in pT2 patients.
Patients with resected tumour volume >10 cm3 exhibited a VAS score >3 at 8 h and 24 h (P=0.050,P=0.036, resp.).
Multifocality of bladder tumours induced more pain overall.
It seems that spinal anaesthesia is more effective during the first 2 postoperative hours, while general prevails at later stages and at larger traumatic surfaces.
Finally, we incidentally found that tumour stage plays a significant role in postoperative pain, a point that requires further verification.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tyritzis, Stavros I.& Stravodimos, Konstantinos G.& Vasileiou, Ioanna& Fotopoulou, Georgia& Koritsiadis, Georgios& Migdalis, Vasileios…[et al.]. 2011. Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management during Transurethral Procedures. ISRN Urology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506221
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tyritzis, Stavros I.…[et al.]. Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management during Transurethral Procedures. ISRN Urology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506221
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tyritzis, Stavros I.& Stravodimos, Konstantinos G.& Vasileiou, Ioanna& Fotopoulou, Georgia& Koritsiadis, Georgios& Migdalis, Vasileios…[et al.]. Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management during Transurethral Procedures. ISRN Urology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506221
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506221