• Clin Oral Investig · Jan 2018

    Bilateral sagittal split osteotomy-parameters and correlations of postoperative pain management.

    • Gregor F Raschke, Winfried Meissner, Andre Peisker, Gabriel Djedovic, Ulrich Rieger, Arndt Guentsch, Marta Gomez Dammeier, and Stefan Schultze-Mosgau.
    • Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial & Plastic Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany. raschke.gregor@googlemail.com.
    • Clin Oral Investig. 2018 Jan 1; 22 (1): 181-187.

    ObjectivesPostoperative pain management is of utmost interest for patients undergoing orthognathic surgery. Currently, there is a lack of information regarding process and outcome parameters of postoperative pain management after bilateral sagittal split osteotomy.Materials And MethodsIn a prospective clinical study, 31 adults were evaluated on the first postoperative day following bilateral sagittal split osteotomy using the standardized questionnaire of the Germany-wide project Quality Improvement in Postoperative Pain Management (QUIPS). It allows a standardized assessment of patients' characteristics, pain parameters, outcome, and pain therapy process parameters.ResultsPain management consisted mainly of premedication with midazolam, sufentanil, and metamizol intraoperatively; piritramide in the recovery room; and metamizol and tramadol on ward. Twenty patients (64.5%) showed inadequate pain management with pain levels ≥4. Patients receiving tramadol as opioid on ward presented significantly higher maximum pain levels (p = .037). Significantly lower satisfaction with postoperative pain intensity (p > .001) and significantly higher desire for additional pain medication (p = .023) were detected, when duration of surgery was above the median of 107.5 min.ConclusionsInadequate pain management on the first postoperative day following bilateral sagittal split osteotomy was widespread on our ward. QUIPS helped us to identify it and thereby gave us the possibility to improve the situation. Prolonged duration of surgery seems to be a predictor of an elevated postoperative pain medication demand.Clinical RelevanceOnly the establishment of an ongoing monitoring of postoperative pain management can help to reduce or even avoid inadequate postoperative pain management. In accordance to the existing literature, we found inadequate postoperative pain management more widespread than thought.

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