Snezana Corovic, Katarina Janicijevic, Snezana Radovanovic, Ivana Simic Vukomanovic, Olgica Mihaljevic, Jelena Djordjevic, Milan Djordjic, Dalibor Stajic, Ognjen Djordjevic, Gordana Djordjevic, Jovana Radovanovic, Viktor Selakovic, Zivana Slovic, Vesna Milicic
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental health care among the adult population in Serbia
Frontiers in public health
two prior reviews highlight scarcity conflicting nature available data chronic postsurgical pain children reporting wide prevalence range 32 64 3 months updated systematic review aimed consolidate information prevalence pediatric chronic postsurgical pain thorough literature search full englishtext publications april 2014 august 2021 conducted using ovid medline pubmed cochrane database systematic reviews search terms postoperative pain child preschool pediatrics adolescent chronic pain seventeen relevant studies identified assessed chronicity greater 3 months duration postoperatively 82 predominantly prospective 71 conducted inpatient settings 88 surgeries examined included orthopedic scoliosis limb urological laparotomy inguinal cardiothoracic procedures involving numbers ranging 36 750 totaling 3137 participants2792 completers studies wide variations median age surgery 6 days 16 years percentage female participants unspecified 125 90 followup duration 25 months 9 years various pain functional psychosocial healthrelated quality life outcomes documented chronic postsurgical pain prevalence varied widely 2 100 despite increased data challenges persist due heterogeneity definitions patient demographics mixed versus single surgical populations diverse perioperative analgesic interventions followup durations reported outcomes interpretation complicated limited information impact longterm analgesia healthcare utilization relatively small sample sizes hindering assessment reported associations cases preoperative pain deformity may addressed surgery persisting pain postoperatively may inappropriately termed chronic postsurgical pain largerscale procedurespecific data better assess current prevalence impact whether modifiable factors link negative longterm outcomes would useful allow targeted perioperative interventions atrisk pediatric surgical patients