This is a prospective cohort study of all patients undergo cardiothoracic elective surgery in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital using general anesthesia. Patients with emergency surgery, history of psychologic and neurologic disease which cannot reliably state their pain score, cannot communicate well, and disagree to follow the research will be exempted. The pain score will be recorded one week after surgery during walk-in consultation, followed by 3 months and 6 months after surgery via telecommunication.
This is a prospective cohort study to estimate prevalence of chronic pain after cardiothoracic surgery