Epidemiological Study of Post-operative Chronic Pediatric Pain.

Chronic pain, defined as continuous or intermittent pain for 3 months or more, postoperative because in the territory of the surgical procedure and does not exist before the operation, is common in adults. Its prevalence varies according to the surgeries between 10 and 50% of the operated adults. The factors potentially responsible for their occurrence are gradually being highlighted in the recent literature, which has made it possible to develop an appropriate analgesic management strategy.

In pediatric surgery, acute pain has long been known and treated as early as possible using multimodal analgesic techniques. On the other hand, there are very few studies evaluating postoperative chronic pain 3 months after infant surgery, as was the case a few years ago in adults.

This study aims to estimate prevalence and determine risk factors for chronic pain at 3 months post-operative in pediatric surgery.

Inclusion criteria

All children between the ages of 6 and 18, who are scheduled for surgery or video-surgery, scheduled or urgent, in the pediatric surgery department of the Bordeaux University Hospital.

All patients who consented to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria

• All children operated on outpatient surgery.
• Children and parents with difficulties in understanding the questionnaires.
• Refusal of the child or one of the parents.
• Change of home planned during the post-operative follow-up period (3 months).