Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Med. 2014 Jul 8;15(8):1390–1404. doi: 10.1111/pme.12498

Table 3.

Severe pain episodes on postoperative day 1 by procedure and sex

CCS Group Female
Male
Chi-Squared
Severe Pain Episode?
Percent of Pain Scores as SPE Severe Pain Episode?
Percent of Pain Scores as SPE
No Yes No Yes P Value Adjusted P Value (Holm)
CABG 379 111 22.7 1,165 109 8.6 1.00E-15 7.81E-14
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, biopsy 192 94 32.9 498 80 13.8 5.30E-11 4.08E-09
Other OR therapeutic procedures on bone 254 199 43.9 313 108 25.7 1.55E-08 1.18E-06
Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc 998 685 40.7 1,074 487 31.2 1.80E-08 1.35E-06
Heart valve procedures 1,474 238 13.9 2,030 184 8.3 2.04E-08 1.51E-06
Arthroplasty other than hip or knee 519 233 31.0 589 138 19.0 1.02E-07 7.45E-06
Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract 383 145 27.5 870 170 16.3 2.08E-07 1.50E-05
Creation, revision, and removal of arteriovenous fistula or vessel-to-vessel cannula for dialysis 261 131 33.4 256 51 16.6 5.03E-07 3.57E-05
ERCP 213 97 31.3 325 62 16.0 1.81E-06 0.000126355
Partial excision bone 373 165 30.7 313 65 17.2 3.67E-06 0.000252904
Lobectomy or pneumonectomy 296 71 19.3 510 55 9.7 2.76E-05 0.001873536
Debridement of wound, infection or burn 490 356 42.1 800 396 33.1 3.48E-05 0.002330097
Nephrectomy, partial or complete 612 178 22.5 721 131 15.4 0.000209892 0.01385288
Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system 275 26 8.6 356 79 18.2 0.000281347 0.018287569
Exploratory laparotomy 1,023 311 23.3 705 301 29.9 0.000317732 0.02033485
Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons 309 87 22.0 417 194 31.8 0.0007238 0.045599419
Treatment, fracture or dislocation of lower extremity (other than hip or femur) 804 442 35.5 1,056 749 41.5 0.000803041 0.049788549
Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints 226 119 34.5 342 107 23.8 0.0009658 0.058913772
Treatment, fracture or dislocation of radius and ulna 91 83 47.7 202 98 32.7 0.001164523 0.069871351
Other vascular catheterization, not heart 205 77 27.3 220 42 16.0 0.001481174 0.087389257
Endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy of the urinary tract 57 29 33.7 67 10 13.0 0.001950886 0.111807554
Insertion, replacement, or removal of extracranial ventricular shunt 623 200 24.3 500 106 17.5 0.001927716 0.111807554
Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures 783 171 17.9 934 144 13.4 0.004533025 0.253849427
Gastrostomy, temporary and permanent 40 21 34.4 46 7 13.2 0.008662414 0.476432791
Spinal fusion 1,055 580 35.5 955 429 31.0 0.009368234 0.505884662
Gastric bypass and volume reduction 566 146 20.5 75 34 31.2 0.012025097 0.637330162
Embolectomy and endarterectomy of lower limbs 117 30 20.4 122 58 32.2 0.016564906 0.861375126
Amputation of lower extremity 175 145 45.3 316 226 41.7 0.300358967 1
Aortic resection, replacement or anastomosis 887 132 13.0 2,209 252 10.2 0.020050457 1
Appendectomy 137 55 28.6 204 121 37.2 0.046546518 1
Arthroplasty knee 2,195 713 24.5 1,272 414 24.6 0.977836555 1
Cholecystectomy and common duct exploration 404 188 31.8 315 129 29.1 0.35020456 1
Colonoscopy and biopsy 94 14 13.0 87 19 17.9 0.314976975 1
Colorectal resection 579 164 22.1 492 154 23.8 0.434512083 1
Colostomy, temporary and permanent 62 18 22.5 39 16 29.1 0.386030278 1
Endarterectomy, vessel of head and neck 230 9 3.8 316 27 7.9 0.043079805 1
Excision of skin lesion 66 16 19.5 94 36 27.7 0.177604219 1
Extracorporeal lithotripsy, urinary 105 50 32.3 73 22 23.2 0.122998947 1
Hip replacement, total and partial 1,768 585 24.9 1,605 511 24.1 0.58039881 1
Ileostomy and other enterostomy 404 88 17.9 422 78 15.6 0.334809448 1
Incision and drainage, skin and subcutaneous tissue 400 213 34.7 503 237 32.0 0.290447557 1
Incision and excision of CNS 1,886 413 18.0 1,659 383 18.8 0.50102412 1
Insertion, revision, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter/defibrillator 140 25 15.2 214 19 8.2 0.02830473 1
Kidney transplant 260 75 22.4 287 91 24.1 0.594967736 1
Laparoscopy 268 61 18.5 165 27 14.1 0.188110915 1
Nephrotomy and nephrostomy 277 109 28.2 196 76 27.9 0.933456037 1
No procedure 885 220 19.9 1,109 236 17.5 0.134816463 1
Other OR heart procedures 404 58 12.6 605 81 11.8 0.703772563 1
Other OR lower GI therapeutic procedures 270 81 23.1 274 91 24.9 0.561453966 1
Other OR procedures on vessels of head and neck 864 186 17.7 340 83 19.6 0.391278803 1
Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck 379 110 22.5 737 157 17.6 0.026267453 1
Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures 1,013 346 25.5 899 349 28.0 0.148491084 1
Other OR therapeutic procedures on musculoskeletal system 34 7 17.1 125 65 34.2 0.03166685 1
Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth, and pharynx 232 54 18.9 538 131 19.6 0.801945679 1
Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast 216 70 24.5 90 31 25.6 0.807010758 1
Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures 269 57 17.5 298 41 12.1 0.04995933 1
Other diagnostic nervous system procedures 107 18 14.4 227 24 9.6 0.160599232 1
Other diagnostic procedures on lung and bronchus 619 75 10.8 720 98 12.0 0.475011038 1
Other diagnostic procedures on musculoskeletal system 335 107 24.2 159 41 20.5 0.301541924 1
Other diagnostic radiology and related technique 32 9 22.0 47 20 29.9 0.368685688 1
Other fracture and dislocation procedure 413 156 27.4 449 223 33.2 0.027930624 1
Other hernia repair 288 169 37.0 332 197 37.2 0.932903016 1
Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedure 120 27 18.4 55 23 29.5 0.056213611 1
Other organ transplantation 215 27 11.2 417 70 14.4 0.228509762 1
Other therapeutic ear procedures 37 4 9.8 50 0 0.0 0.02389377 1
Other therapeutic endocrine procedures 482 58 10.7 332 44 11.7 0.649099393 1
Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system 55 22 28.6 216 83 27.8 0.887341347 1
Other vascular bypass and shunt, not heart 121 27 18.2 229 71 23.7 0.191538478 1
Peripheral vascular bypass 247 61 19.8 437 152 25.8 0.044894373 1
Skin graft 428 270 38.7 910 571 38.6 0.954716721 1
Small bowel resection 86 22 20.4 96 24 20.0 0.944527047 1
Thyroidectomy, partial or complete 256 67 20.7 153 42 21.5 0.829624189 1
Tracheoscopy and laryngoscopy with biopsy 68 7 9.3 67 12 15.2 0.269336331 1
Tracheostomy, temporary and permanent 132 5 3.6 196 9 4.4 0.734822204 1
Transurethral excision, drainage, or removal urinary obstruction 52 20 27.8 137 68 33.2 0.397805739 1
Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation 48 22 31.4 114 54 32.1 0.914236798 1
Treatment, fracture or dislocation of hip and femur 984 442 31.0 842 412 32.9 0.302725453 1
Ureteral catheterization 171 87 33.7 140 51 26.7 0.110986071 1

CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; CCS = Clinical Categorization Software; ERCP = endoscopic retrograde cannulation of pancreas; GI = gastrointestinal tract; OR = operating room; POD = postoperative day.