1.A clinical audit of interventional pain procedures performed as part of the newly initiated pain service in a local neurosurgical centre
Hau Chun Khoo ; Bee Hong Soon ; Ainul Syahrilfazli Jaafar ; Azizi Abu Bakar ; Farizal Fadzil ; Kamalanathan Palaniandy ; Sanmugarajah Paramasvaran ; Yin Choy Choy ; Charng Jeng Toh
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2016;71(5):288-291
Interventional Pain Procedures (IPPs) is a relatively new
treatment modality for chronic pain in Malaysia. The
Interventional Pain Service (IPS) newly set up in our
institution is led by a pain neurosurgeon and provides a
whole package of multimodal pain management including
different range of IPPs. This clinical audit is to examine the
quality of IPPs performed within the IPS in our institution
since its initiation. A total of 87 IPPs were performed on 56
chronic pain patients over 3-year duration. As high as 81.8%
of the procedures were effective and 81.5% of patients were
satisfied. Only one minor transient complication occurred
after an intradiscal procedure but none resulted in death or
permanent disability. Thus, safe and effective IPPs can be
provided as part of IPS in a local neurosurgical pain centre
to bring more comprehensive and less fragmented care for
chronic pain patients.
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