A significant proportion of maxillofacial surgery patients experience unacceptably high postoperative pain despite established pain management protocols, highlighting the need for improved analgesic strategies.
One-third of patients report unacceptable pain despite protocols; leaves open need for optimized regimens in maxillofacial surgery.
Background Postoperative pain is common in patients at a maxillofacial surgery ward. Therefore, postoperative pain management turns out to be a great challenge for the medical staff [1]. We examined the effectiveness of the institutionally established pain management at a maxillofacial surgery ward via a patient survey during their hospitalization. Material and methods This study was designed as an open, observational, prospective trial. 18 male and 17 female patients older than 18 years were included. After obtaining informed consent, patients were asked to complete a specially designed questionnaire before their hospital discharge. Rest pain and maximum pain (highest pain within the last 24h)
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