title: [Five-component visual analogue scale for assessement of pain status retrospective analysis of outcomes after surgical treatment of degenerative spine disease].
abstract: The study was performed for development of more precise criteria for assessment of pain using five-component visual analogue scale. Pain status was studied in 493 patients who underwent lumbar spinal nerve root decompression. Pain scale included the following parameters: pain at the moment, usual pain, maximal pain, minimal pain and overall pain score which was calculated as an average quantity of the previous four parameters. Overall pain score is a more precise criterion for evaluation of postoperative pain status in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Bikmullin
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Klitsenko
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Shulev
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Rychkov
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Tsyruleva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies