Prevalence of pain in the postoperative of elective craniotomy

Objective: To Identify the presence of pain in patients undergoing craniotomy and its location. Method: Descriptive, longitudinal research with a quantitative approach was performed. The series consisted of 92 patients undergoing elective craniotomy. Results: 60.9% of patients were female, 56.5% single, 34.8% originated from the capital city. On the first postoperative day 63% of patients complained of pain and migraine was the main complaint in 39.1% of the interviewees. It was found that 23.9% of patients had severe pain on the first day after surgery. In 6.5% of the interviewees, the intense pain persisted until the eighth day after surgery. The position was the aggravating factor of pain in 10.9% of patients in the first postoperative day. Conclusion: The pain was present in most patients undergoing craniotomy, and the main complaint was the migraine pain, characterized as moderate to severe. Proper handling of pain should not be neglected, once pain control is a patient's right.