Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020
Postoperative pain of patients treated with lower limb bone fusion at 7A Military Hospital in 2019
Huu- Hung Phan1, Ngoc- Thanh Do2, Quang-Tri Lê3♦, Minh-Hoang Nguyen4
1Department of Orthopedics, 7A Military Hospital, 466 Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 8, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 72706,
Viet Nam; Email: bsphhung@gmai.com
2Department of Orthopedics, 7A Military Hospital, 466 Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 8, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 72706,
Viet Nam; Email: bs.dongocthanh@gmail.com
3Department of Orthopedics, 7A Military Hospital, 466 Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 8, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 72706,
Viet Nam Email: lqtri@ntt.edu.vn / tsbstri@yahoo.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-0828
4Department of Orthopedics, 7A Military Hospital, 466 Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 8, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 72706,
Viet Nam; Email: nthoang@ntt.edu.vn / bsnguyenminhhoang@yahoo.com.vn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-669X
♦Corresponding author
Director of 7A Military Hospital, Head of Department of Orthopedics,
Head of Department of High-Tech Diagnostics,
466 Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 8, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 72706,
Viet Nam
Email: lqtri@ntt.edu.vn / tsbstri@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the postoperative pain within 72 hours after surgery of patients treated with lower limb bone
fusion at the Department of Orthopedics of 7A Military Hospital in 2019. Materials and methods: This study employed a descriptive,
cross-sectional approach, performed from January 2019 to June 2019 on 173 patients treated with lower limb bone fusion (femur,
femoral neck, tibia plateau, lower leg bones) at the Department of Orthopedics of 7A Military Hospital. The participants were
interviewed with four predesigned questionnaire sets including 19 questions. Results: Male patients made up of 57.23% and female
patients of 42.77%. The average age, lowest age, highest age were 52.89 (15.97), 18, and 86 years, respectively. Most of the patients
were agricultural laborers (43.93%) and workers (35.26%). Junior secondary education was achieved in 46.24% of the patients and
76.30% were married. The average total pain scores within 72 postoperative hours were 27.23, 23.28, and 18.81, respectively.
Conclusion: The highest pain scores were achieved within the first postoperative 24 hours, and were reduced gradually in the second
and the third day.
Keywords: Lower limb fractures, postoperative pain, pain scores, patients
Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1738-1743
