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[Quantifying and classifying postsurgical pain in pterygium surgery with conjunctival autografts]
A I Pastor-Vivas1, N Alejandre-Alba, M I García-Vega
1Departamento de Oftalmología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, España. anitapastorvivas@hotmail.com
Objective:
Quantify and define post-surgical pain after pterygium surgery with conjunctival autografts.
Material And Methods:
The study included 17 patients. The parameters analysed were, gender, age, pterygium TCL classification, primary characteristics or relapse, usage of isolated tissue adhesive or extra fixation with stitches. A visual analogue pain scale was used immediately after surgery, on the days 2 and 3 post-surgery, and the characteristics of the pain and the frequency of it in days 2 and 3 following the surgery.
Results:
A total of 17 eyes of 17 patients were operated. The majority of patients (52.9%) showed moderate pain on the visual analogue scale immediately after surgery. On day 2 after surgery the pain level was mild in the majority of patients with characteristics of sharp pain and lash pain predominantly. On day 3 after surgery, mild pain was also predominant, with characteristics of stinging and lash pain in majority of patients.
Conclusions:
Using scales and pain characteristics we can quantify and define post-surgical pain after pterygium surgery with conjunctival auto-grafts resection immediately after surgery and in the following days.
