冷たい世界:手の外科手術後のアイスフリー冷湿布システム利用における疼痛転帰と患者経験
Francine Zeng1, Seema M Patel2, Brian Ford1
1University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA.
まとめ
冷湿布デバイス(CTD)は、アイスパックと比較して、手の外科手術患者の疼痛緩和とアドヒアランスを大幅に改善しました。オピオイドの使用量は同様でしたが、CTDは術後の疼痛管理に有望です。
科学分野:
- 整形外科;疼痛管理;凍結療法
背景:
- 冷湿布デバイス(CTD)は、整形外科手術後の鎮痛と腫脹軽減を提供します。;術後の疼痛とオピオイド使用におけるCTDとアイパックの比較データは限られています。;本研究では、手根中手関節形成術(CMC)および遠位橈骨開放整復内固定術(ORIF)後のCTDによる患者満足度とオピオイド使用量を評価しました。
研究 の 目的:
- 術後の疼痛管理におけるCTDと従来のアイパックの効果を比較すること。;凍結療法プロトコルへの患者のアドヒアランスを評価すること。;特定の手術を受けた患者のオピオイド消費量を評価すること。
主な方法:
- CMC関節形成術または遠位橈骨ORIFを受けた124名の手術患者(うち92名が組み入れ)の前向き分析。;CTD群とアイスパック群間での疼痛緩和、凍結療法アドヒアランス、オピオイド使用量に関する患者報告転帰の比較。;2023年6月から2025年2月までのデータ収集。
主要な成果:
- CTDユーザーは、CMC関節形成術患者において、有意に高い疼痛緩和(9.56/10対3.42/10)とアドヒアランス(1日3セッション以上)を報告しました。遠位橈骨ORIF患者では、術後3日および7日においてCTDの使用率が高く(それぞれ96%対11%、88%対11%)、両処置ともCTDとアイスパック群間でオピオイド消費量に有意差は見られませんでした。
結論:
- CTDの使用は、CMC関節形成術および遠位橈骨ORIF後の疼痛緩和と凍結療法アドヒアランスを向上させます。;CTDは、手および手首の手術における術後の疼痛管理の貴重な補助となる可能性があります。;さらなる研究により、オピオイド使用量に影響を与える可能性のある最適なCTDプロトコルを検討することができます。
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