Validation of the Gendolcat Score for the Prognosis of Chronic Postoperative Pain in Cesarean Section

Validation of the Gendolcat Score for the Prognosis of Chronic Postoperative Pain in Cesarean Section.

Chronic post-surgical pain is a problem that has historically been underestimated. Over the last few years there has been a search for strategies to both predict and prevent its occurrence in patients undergoing surgery. The Gendolcat index is the only predictive model that uses only objective pre-surgical variables to assess the risk of suffering chronic post-surgical pain. However, it is only validated for the following surgeries: thoracotomy, hysterectomy and open inguinal hernia. Our aim is to test whether the Gendolcat model is also valid for cesarean section.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who underwent elective caesarean section.
• Patients who have previously signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

• Urgent cesarean section.
• Patients with severe psychiatric pathology.
• Patients who require a different surgical approach than usual.
• Patients who refuse to take part in the study and/or to sign the informed consent form.

informed consent.

- Patients with a high language barrier.