Pain-control Experiences with 159 patients

Byun, Jin Kwan; Park, Jin Woo; Lee, Sang Yung; Park, Joo Yuel

Abstract

To evaluate recent trend of pain management at our pain clinic, the pain-contol experiences of 159 patients performed at the Inje Medical College Paik Hospital from May 1987 through August 1988 were analyzed statistically according to age, sex, combined diseases, techniques performed and clinical effects. The results are as follows: 1) Most of the 159 patients, including 104 males and 55 females, were in the 4th, 5th, and 6th decades of life. 2) The most common complaint of the patients was low back pain in 94 cases (59,1%) 3) The lumbar epidural block was the most frequently performed pain block (62.5%) 4) The period of the treatment generally ranged from 3 weeks to 2 months. 5) The number of patients who obtained good and excellent analgesic effects following the block was 110 (69.2%) 6) The most common complications following the pain block were pruritus (23.9%), urination difficulty (20.1%), and nausea and vomiting (16.4%).