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Original scientific paper

Correlation of pain assessment parameters in dogs with cranial cruciate surgery

Dražen Matičić ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Stejskal ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Pećin ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Mario Kreszinger ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Boris Pirkić ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Dražen Vnuk ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ozren Smolec ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Vlatko Rumenjak ; Department for Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital “Sveti Duh”, Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare postoperative pain, as assessed by multiple objective and subjective methods, after Tibial Tuberosity Advancement and Modified Retinacular Imbrication Technique, procedures that differ significantly in the extent of the operative trauma. We compared the preoperative, 2, 6, 10, 20, 44 and 68-hour postoperative results of the University of Melbourne Pain Scale and visual analogue scale with the dynamics of the physiologic, biochemical and behavioural parameters. The integration of various parameters increases the objectivity of pain assessment. The invasiveness of the surgical technique does not necessarily correlate with the level of postoperative pain.

Keywords

pain assessment; cranial cruciate surgery; dog

Hrčak ID:

62146

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/62146

Publication date:

26.10.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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