Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam,
Netherlands
Research Article
Tattoos and Post-Operative Pain
Author(s): Mustafa Ahmadi, Mirjam Droger, Michelle Samuels, T Martijn Kuijper, Robert Jan Stolker and Seppe KoopmanMustafa Ahmadi, Mirjam Droger, Michelle Samuels, T Martijn Kuijper, Robert Jan Stolker and Seppe Koopman
Objective: Personalised post-operative pain treatment holds the potential to minimize side effects while
maximizing effectiveness. Several phonotypical factors including gender and the presence of tattoos might influence
post-operative pain experience. Tattoos have grown in popularity in recent years and the number of patients with
tattoos has increased rapidly. A preconception arose in our department about the pain experience of patients with
tattoos. We decided to investigate whether patients with tattoos experienced more post-operative pain than patients
without tattoos.
Methods: We studied the relationship between tattoos and post-operative pain in a prospective cohort study. All
adults willing to provide informed consent and scheduled for surgery (elective or emergency) or placement of a
venous cannula in th.. Read More»
Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology: Open Access received 31 citations as per Google Scholar report
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