Why the study?
Do preoperative anxiety and coping influence intraoperative anaesthetic requirements and postoperative adjustment in patients undergoing elective lumbar microdiscectomy?
Population
61 patients undergoing elective lumbar microdiscectomy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
third day after surgery
Authors
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Divergent effects on subjective pain versus objective anesthetic needs warrant cautious interpretation; leaves open causal influence of anxiety or coping on microdiscectomy outcomes.
Do preoperative anxiety and coping influence intraoperative anaesthetic requirements and postoperative adjustment in patients undergoing elective lumbar microdiscectomy?
Preoperative anxiety and coping styles have divergent effects on subjective postoperative pain and objective intraoperative anesthetic requirements, with stress-induced analgesia observed in highly anxious patients.
Bruin et al. (2001) studied this question.
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