SEMA GÜL TÜRK, HALE KEFELİ ÇELİK, BURÇİN ÇELİK, ZEYNEP AKÇA
Current Thoracic Surgery - 2022;7(1):14-21
BACKGROUND: WE AİMED TO EVALUATE THE CHANGES İN PAİN, DYSPNEA PERCEPTİON AND RESPİRATORY FUNCTİONS BY APPLYİNG PAİN TAPE İN THE POSTOPERATİVE PERİOD İN PATİENTS WHO UNDERWENT THORACOTOMY. MATERİALS AND METHODS: 55 PATİENTS WERE İNCLUDED İN THE PROSPECTİVE, RANDOMİZED STUDY WİTH LOCAL ETHİCS COMMİTTEE APPROVAL. THE PATİENTS WERE DİVİDED İNTO TWO GROUPS, AND ON THE POSTOPERATİVE 1ST DAY, PAİN TAPE WAS APPLİED TO GROUP I PATİENT AND PLACEBO TAPE SİMİLAR TO PAİN TAPE WAS APPLİED TO GROUP II PATİENT. VİSUAL ANALOGUE SCALE (VAS) WAS USED FOR PAİN ASSESSMENT, MODİFİED BORG SCALE (MBS) FOR DYSPNEA ASSESSMENT, PULMONARY FUNCTİON TEST AND SİX-MİNUTE WALKİNG TEST (6 MWT) WERE USED TO EVALUATE PULMONARY FUNCTİONS İN THE PREOPERATİVE AND POSTOPERATİVE PERİODS. RESULTS: THERE WERE 29 PATİENTS İN GROUP I AND 26 PATİENTS İN GROUP II, WİTH MEAN AGE OF 59.2 ± 10.4 (18- 75) YEARS. ACCORDİNG TO THE STATİSTİCAL ANALYSİS, NO DİFFERENCE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE GROUPS İN TERMS OF AGE, GENDER, HEİGHT, WEİGHT, BMI, 6 MWT, MBS, FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC VALUES (P > 0.05). THERE WAS A DİFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS İN TERMS OF VAS VALUES MEASURED ON THE 3RD POSTOPERATİVE DAY (4.65 ± 1.79 VS. 6.57 ± 1.74; P > 0.001). IN ADDİTİON, THE POSTOPERATİVE COMPLİCATİON RATE WAS DİFFERENT İN GROUP I COMPARED TO GROUP II (17.2% VS. 30.7%; P = 0.003). CONCLUSİON: PAİN TAPE APPLİCATİON İS A RELİABLE AND SİMPLE METHOD FOR PAİN CONTROL İN THE POSTOPERATİVE PERİOD İN PATİENTS UNDERGOİNG THORACOTOMY. IT CAN BE APPLİED TO PATİENTS FOR PAİN CONTROL İN THE EARLY PERİOD, AND İN THİS WAY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTOPERATİVE COMPLİCATİONS CAN BE PREVENTED.
