1. Postoperative Pain After Single-Site Versus Multiport Hysterectomy
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Xiaoming Guan, Kelly Blazek, J. Biba Nijjar, Stephanie Kliethermes, Kausar Ali, and C Kliethermes
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Adult ,Laparoscopic surgery ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,Activities of daily living ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Postoperative pain ,Hysterectomy ,Scientific Paper ,single-incision ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Robotic Surgical Procedures ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,medicine ,Humans ,pain ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Pain Measurement ,Pain, Postoperative ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Repeated measures design ,Middle Aged ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Linear Models ,Female ,Laparoscopy ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Background and objectives With advances in laparoscopic surgery, the goal of surgeons and patients is to minimize pain to allow for faster recovery and return to normal daily activities. One of these advances is single-site surgery. In this study, we compared postoperative pain in laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) to that in traditional multiple-incision hysterectomy. Methods Seventy patients were selected for this prospective cohort study, with 35 undergoing multiple-incision and 35 undergoing LESS hysterectomy. All patients were included who were undergoing hysterectomy with the primary surgeon. All multiport hysterectomies were performed laparoscopically. Six patients underwent LESS hysterectomy and 29 underwent robotic single-site surgery (rLESS). Patients recorded pain levels for 3 weeks after surgery on a variety of measures, including overall and incisional pain. Linear mixed effects models for repeated measures were used for all multivariate analyses, with an unstructured covariance matrix accounting for correlation between time points. Results Overall, across all time points, there was an average reduction in pain by 1.26 (SD 0.69) points in the single-site group (P = .06). Days 3 and 14 had a marginally significant reduction in pain (P = .06 and 0.058, respectively). On days 4 and 7 there was a significant reduction in overall pain (P = .04 and .04, respectively). Conclusion Based on the results, it is likely that single-site hysterectomy leads to less postoperative pain and achieves a lower pain score faster than multiport surgery. A randomized control trial is necessary to confirm these results before accepting them in clinical practice.
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- 2017
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