Remote recollection of preoperative pain in patients undergoing excision of endometriosis

David B Redwine

doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80778-9

General Gynecology · Pelvic Pain

Remote recollection of preoperative pain in patients undergoing excision of endometriosis

Redwine DB

Published February 1994 The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, 1(2), 140-5

DOI 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80778-9 PMID 9050477

Abstract

To determine the accuracy of postoperative recall of preoperative pain, this prospective, longitudinal study was conducted by a general gynecologist in private practice at a referral center. Before excision of endometriosis at laparoscopy or laparotomy and again at 6 to 18 months after surgery, 168 patients completed a 5-point scale assessing 11 symptoms that may be related to endometriosis. For 6 of the 11 symptoms, over 50% of patients had exact recall of pain level. For 10 symptoms, over 80% recalled their preoperative pain level within +/-1 point. Patients requiring reoperation were most likely to recall preoperative pain levels accurately. Those not requiring reoperation tended to inflate slightly their remote assessment of preoperative pain, indicating that successfully treated patients tend to forget how much they formerly hurt.

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General Gynecology Pelvic Pain Chronic Pelvic Pain

General Gynecology › Pelvic Pain › Chronic Pelvic Pain

David B Redwine

Dave Redwine, D Redwine

PMID 9050477 9050477 DOI 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80778-9 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80778-9 Redwine et al. 1994, Redwine 1994

Remote recollection of preoperative pain in patients undergoing excision of endometriosis

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