Levent CANSEVER, Celal Buğra SEZEN, Onur Volkan YARAN, Salih DUMAN, Yunus SEYREK, Merve HATİPOĞLU, Kadriye ÖNEŞ, Mehmet Ali BEDİRHAN

The effect of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation on chronic postoperative pain and long-term quality of life

Background: This study aims to investigate the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on early-stage postoperative pain and long-term quality of life in patients undergoing thoracotomy. Methods: Between January 2019 and September 2019, a total of 100 patients (76 males, 24 females; mean age: 57.9±11.9 years; range, 51 to 79 years) who underwent thoracotomy due to benign or malignant lesions were included. The patients were divided into two groups: 50 patients who received transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (Group 1) and a control group of 50 patients who did not receive transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (Group 2). The Short Form-36 life quality scale was used to evaluate patients' quality of life at one month before and after surgery. Results: The mean length of hospital stay was 4.9±3.1 days in Group 1 and 6.2±4.6 days in Group 2 (p=0.008). There were no statistically significant differences in early-stage postoperative pain scores between the groups (p>0.05). Compared to Group 2, Group 1 had significantly lower pain scores and higher life quality scores pre- and postoperatively (p

Transkütanöz elektrikli sinir uyarımının kronik ameliyat sonrası kronik ağrı ve uzun dönem yaşam kalitesine etkisi

Amaç: Bu çalışmada torakotomi yapılan hastalarda transkütanöz elektrikli sinir uyarımının erken dönem ameliyat sonrası ağrı ve uzun dönem yaşam kalitesi üzerine etkileri incelendi. Çalışma planı: Ocak 2019 - Eylül 2019 tarihleri arasında benign veya malign lezyonlar nedeniyle torakotomi yapılan toplam 100 hasta (76 erkek, 24 kadın; ort. yaş: 57.9±11.9 yıl; dağılım, 51-79 yıl) çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hastalar iki gruba ayrıldı: 50 hastaya transkütanöz elektrikli sinir uyarımı uygulandı (Grup 1) ve 50 hastadan oluşan kontrol grubuna (Grup 2) transkütanöz elektrikli sinir uyarımı uygulanmadı. Ameliyat öncesi ve ameliyat sonrası birinci aylarda hastaların yaşam kalitesini değerlendirmek için Kısa Form-36 yaşam kalitesi ölçeği kullanıldı. Bulgular: Ortalama hastanede kalış süresi Grup 1’de 4.9±3.1 gün ve Grup 2’de 6.2±4.6 gün idi (p=0.008). İki grup arasında erken dönem ameliyat sonrası ağrı skorları açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark yoktu (p>0.05). Ameliyat öncesi ve sonrasında Grup 2’ye kıyasla, Grup 1’in ağrı skorları anlamlı düzeyde daha düşük ve yaşam kalitesi skorları daha yüksek idi (p

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