The effect of age and gender on acute postoperative pain and function following lumbar spine surgeries.

Saddam F Kanaan Brittany Lee Melton Lemuel Russell Waitman Melanie H Simpson Neena K Sharma

Published in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2020)

Following LSS, the difference in postoperative pain between age groups and gender are statistically but not clinically significant, suggesting patients require similar effective postoperative pain management regardless of age and gender. The apparent difference in age and gender in postoperative functional outcomes could be due to other factors.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
pain management
mental health
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
magnetic resonance imaging
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
computed tomography
mechanical ventilation