Idiopathic scoliosis: managing pain before and after spinal surgery.

Lucy Bray, Jennie craske

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    Abstract

    Idiopathic scoliosis surgery is performed to correct a curvature of the spine. This is a painful surgical procedure which is carried out on otherwise healthy young people. This article reports on a small evaluation project which focused on young people’s opinions and experiences of their pain information needs, pain management and pain assessment. Nine young people completed written activity sheets before and after scoliosis surgery. Most of the information provided on the activity sheets involved positive comments about the surgical experience although some indicated that the management of pain continued to be a challenge after spinal surgery. The project has highlighted that there is more work to be done to ensure that young people are prepared for surgery and they are helped to convey their experiences of pain to health professionals during their treatment and recovery
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)22-25
    JournalNursing children and young people
    Volume27
    Issue number10
    Early online date11 Dec 2015
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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