Volume : VIII, Issue : XI, November - 2019

Experience of a newly started pain clinic in a medical college in over 500 patients.

Dr. Pooja P Patel

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Aim: To determine the clinical characteristics of patients presenting to the pain clinic. The data of patients attending to pain clinic of our medical college (August 2018 to September 2019) were collected retrospectively. Analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics, rate of intervention, response to intervention and its complications were undertaken. Telephonic interview was conducted. Method and results: We have total 500 patient visits. The age of the patients were between to 18 to 75 years of age with female preponderance over male patients. Commonest type of pain was low back pain (61%) and majority were treated conservatively. Telephonic interview was taken.In chronic back pain patients, interventions if done gave excellent pain relief and patients were satisfied.

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EXPERIENCE OF A NEWLY STARTED PAIN CLINIC IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE IN OVER 500 PATIENTS., Dr. Pooja P Patel INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-11 | November-2019

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