The quality of postoperative anesthesia in urologic patients has been analyzed. Correlation between pain intensity and postoperative complications has been revealed. Nonsteroid antiinflammatory and narcotic drugs don’t provide high-quality anesthesia after urological operations. Continued postoperative pain is the cause of development of pathological reactions and complications. An important role of prevention and treatment of postoperative pain comes to prolonged epidural analgesia composed of multimodal pain management. Usage of similar tactics significantly decreases the risk of negative reactions for organs and systems in response to operative stress, excludes the necessity of narcotic drugs, prevents the development of complications during the early postoperative period and provides comfortable conditions for patients.
S.A. Matveev, I.G. Zhdanov, V.V. Schukovskiy, Yu.I. Kondrakova, M.A. Gulyaeva Postoperative Pain Management in Urologic Patients // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 177-179