How succesfull are we at postoperative analgesia?

In short and long term, postoperative pain is a cause of morbititiy and mortality. Effective preventing and treatment of postoperative pain is still an important medical business. For detection and tracking the postoperative pain, different methods are established. Wih the use of the best method or methods, the treatment period can be objectively traced. In our study, we observed the postoperative pain treatment methods' effectiveness with the help of VAS and NRS pain scalas and the satisfaction of the patients with these treatments. 519 patients are visited for 1044 times after the surgery in period of time between 1-120 hours. They are questionnaired for their postoperative pain degree, pain treatment effectiveness and satisfaction of their treatments. In our study, we accepted the numbers of VAS and NRS scales which are greater than 6, as serious pain. In result we found out that who has serious pain are %20.3with the assesment of VAS, %19.3 with the assesment of NRS. For satisfaction, %51 paitents have full satisfaction, %33 patially satisfaction and %16 have no satisfaction. With assesment of the results of our study, we consider that more effective postoperative pain care and treatment is necessary in our clinic. .