Orthopaedic Surgery

Patient Population Pain Units Estimate

Procedural Experiences Estimate

Patient Population Data for Pain Units (all Training Sites) Reporting for recent one year period
From: July 1, 2002 To: July 1, 2003

ACUTE PAIN
PROCEDURES 		Number of
Patients requiring: 		Total
Number of
Procedures 		Total
Number of
Consults
Major joint bursa
injections 		70 60 80
Trigger points 800 700 900
Epidural blood patch 1 1 1
Epidural block
(anesthetic+/-steroids) 		160 150 200
Epidural catheters,
tunneled 		16 12 30
Differential
(intrathecal + epidural) 		70 60 100
Nerve blocks 250 200 400
Facets (lumbar,
paracervical and
cervical) 		400 300 600
Sympathetic 40 30 90
Intrathecal Trial 20 15 40
Discography 25 20 40
IDET 3 3 3
Spinal Cord
Stimulator trials 		20 15 40
Intrathecal & SCS
and PNS implants 		20 15 40
Neurodestructive 70 52 100
Drug infusion test 15 10 20
Patient controlled
anesthesia 		1300 1000 1400
Acupuncture/
acupressure 		900 700 1000
Total number: all
patients treated 		4187 3347 5096
Total number: new
patients only 		3035 2568 3586
CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
Inpatient PMR admissions 2
IP Consults 90
OP Consults

 

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Major joint bursa
injections210195250

CHRONIC PAIN
MANAGEMENT 		Number of
Patients requiring: 		Total
Number of Procedures 		Total
Number of Consults
Epidural blood patch 3 3 3
Epidural block
(anesthetic+/-steroids) 		90 60 100
Epidural catheters,
tunneled 		6 4 10
Differential
(intrathecal + epidural) 		26 20 36
Nerve blocks 240 200 300
Facets (lumbar,
paracervical and
cervical) 		200 80 220
Sympathetic 50 40 60
Intrathecal Trial 60 50 70
Intrathecal pump
implant 		30 20 60
Discography 30 20 40
IDET 3 3 3
Spinal Cord
Stimulator trials 		50 40 70
Intrathecal SCS
and PNS implants 		22 15 30
Neurodestructive 60 50 70
Drug infusion test 30 20 40
Acupuncture/
accupressure 		700 600 800
Total number: all
patients treated 		1814 1523 2169
Total number: new
patients only 		1200 900 1400
Total number of consults? 1814 1523 2169
CHRONIC PAIN
MANAGEMENT 		Number of
Patients requiring: 		Total
Number of Procedures 		Total
Number of Consults
Major joint bursa
injections 		40 40 40
Epidural blood
patch 		0 0 0
Epidural block
(anesthetic+/-steroids) 		20 20 20
Epidural catheters,
tunneled 		2 2 2
Differential
(intrathecal + epidural) 		10 10 10
Nerve blocks 80 80 80
Facets (lumbar,
paracervical and cervical) 		40 40 0
Sympathetic 10 10 10
Intrathecal Trial 5 5 5
Discography 0 0 0
IDET 0 0 0
Spinal Cord
Stimulator trials 		5 5 5
Intrathecal Spinal cord
stimulator and eripheral
nerve stimulator implants 		0 0 0
Intrathecal
pump implant 		10 10 10
Neurodestructive 15 15 15
Drug infusion test 0 0 0
Acupuncture/
accupressure 		200 200 200
Total number: all
patients treated 		437 437 437
Total number: new
patients only 		437 437 437