Why the study?
Pain from pacemaker and ICD implant surgery remains a problem regarding severity and longevity, with a subset of patients experiencing long-duration severe pain.
Observational (n=322)
A subset of patients experience severe and long-lasting pain after CIED implantation, highlighting a need for better pain management and realistic patient counseling.
May prompt routine post-CIED pain screening; leaves open optimal prevention strategies for prospective trials.
A retrospective study of 322 patient experiences of post-operative pain, short term and long term, following a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedure. Pain from pacemaker and ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) implant surgery remains a problem both in terms of severity and longevity. There is a subset of patients receiving implants that have severe pain that may be of a long duration. Patient advice needs to be appropriate to these findings. This study illustrates a need for better pain management by physicians, support, and realistic communication with their patients.
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Selwyn Brendon Goldthorpe (2022) conducted an observational in Post-operative pain following CIED procedure (n=322). Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedure was evaluated on Post-operative pain (short term and long term).
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