Open AccessPredictive Factors of Postoperative Pain and Postoperative Anxiety in Children Undergoing Elective Circumcision: A Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Nick Zavras,
Stella Tsamoudaki,
Vasileia Ntomi,
Ioannis Yiannopoulos,
Efstratios Christianakis,
Emmanuel Pikoulis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the korean journal of pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2093-0569
pISSN - 2005-9159
DOI - 10.3344/kjp.2015.28.4.244
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , prospective cohort study , postoperative pain , cohort , surgery , cohort study , pain assessment , physical therapy , pain management , psychiatry
Although circumcision for phimosis in children is a minor surgical procedure, it is followed by pain and carries the risk of increased postoperative anxiety. This study examined predictive factors of postoperative pain and anxiety in children undergoing circumcision.