Postoperative pain
Postoperative pain, pain, TAVR
On the day of the TAVR procedure, 32 patients complaint of pain (NPRS ≥ 3) and average NPRS was 4.4 ± 1.1 (median: 4). On postoperative day one, 7 patients complained of pain (NPRS: 4.6 ± 0.8, median: 4) (Table Postoperative pain and analgetic consumptionOn day of surgery, a NPRS was recorded in 32 patients. 57 received analgesic drugs following TAVR procedure. In 14 patients analgetic drugs were prescribed without evaluating a NPRS. There was no significant difference in NPRS or pain medication in patients of the study and the control group (p < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant)