Postoperative pain treatment after vascular surgical procedures

This study was conducted at
the Department of Surgery of the University Hospital Split, Croatia. The
following data on 501 patients who underwent vascular surgical procedures
during year 2013 were collected from
patients’ medical records: age, gender, type and dosage of premedication,
preoperative patient's physical status, type of procedure, duration of
procedure – surgical and anesthesia time, type and dosage of anesthesia, the
type and dosage of postoperative analgesia for each postoperative day, the need
for intensive care. Departmental procedures were examined to assess adherence
to guidelines for perioperative pain management.