Clinical Trial: Patient Reported Outcomes, Postoperative Pain and Pain Relief After Day Case Surgery (POPPY)
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Pain
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: The POPPY Study: Patient Reported Outcomes, Postoperative Pain and Pain Relief After Day Case Surgery
Brief Summary:
Around 3 out of 4 operations in the UK are performed as day-case, meaning the patient goes home on the same day of their operation.Hospitals usually do not follow up patients after day-case operations so we do not know very much about their short or long-term recovery.Some patients, even those who have had small operations, can develop persistent pain afterwards that continues for a long time (months to years).These patients may end up taking strong painkillers for a long time and this risks serious side effects…
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