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School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

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2015

Quality management

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Quality Of Postoperative Pain Management After Midfacial Fracture Repair—An Outcome-Oriented Study, Gregor F. Raschke, Andre Peisker, Ulrich M. Rieger, Gabriel Djedovic, Arndt Guentsch, Oliver Schaefer, Eric Venth, Marta Gomez-Dammeier, Winfried Meissner Apr 2015

Quality Of Postoperative Pain Management After Midfacial Fracture Repair—An Outcome-Oriented Study, Gregor F. Raschke, Andre Peisker, Ulrich M. Rieger, Gabriel Djedovic, Arndt Guentsch, Oliver Schaefer, Eric Venth, Marta Gomez-Dammeier, Winfried Meissner

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Objectives

There is a lack of literature regarding the procedure-specific quality of acute postoperative pain management after midfacial fracture repair. The purpose of the presented prospective clinical study was to evaluate postoperative pain management after surgical repair of midfacial fractures.

Materials and methods

Eighty-five adults were evaluated on the first postoperative day following midfacial repair using the questionnaire of the Quality Improvement in Postoperative Pain Management (QUIPS) project. The main outcome measures were patients’ characteristics and clinical- and patient-reported outcome parameters.

Results

Overall, pain on the first postoperative day was moderate. A significant correlation between process and outcome parameters could …


Quality Of Postoperative Pain Management After Midfacial Fracture Repair: An Outcome-Oriented Study, Gregor F. Raschke, Andre Peisker, Ulrich M. Rieger, Gabriel Djedovic, Arndt Guentsch, Oliver Schaefer, Eric Venth, Marta Gomez-Dammeier, Winfried Meissner Apr 2015

Quality Of Postoperative Pain Management After Midfacial Fracture Repair: An Outcome-Oriented Study, Gregor F. Raschke, Andre Peisker, Ulrich M. Rieger, Gabriel Djedovic, Arndt Guentsch, Oliver Schaefer, Eric Venth, Marta Gomez-Dammeier, Winfried Meissner

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Objectives

There is a lack of literature regarding the procedure-specific quality of acute postoperative pain management after midfacial fracture repair. The purpose of the presented prospective clinical study was to evaluate postoperative pain management after surgical repair of midfacial fractures.

Materials and methods

Eighty-five adults were evaluated on the first postoperative day following midfacial repair using the questionnaire of the Quality Improvement in Postoperative Pain Management (QUIPS) project. The main outcome measures were patients’ characteristics and clinical- and patient-reported outcome parameters.

Results

Overall, pain on the first postoperative day was moderate. A significant correlation between process and outcome parameters could …