Validation of the Gendolcat Score for the Prognosis of Chronic Postoperative Pain in Cesarean Section

Chronic post-surgical pain is a problem that has historically been underestimated. Over the last few years there has been a search for strategies to both predict and prevent its occurrence in patients undergoing surgery. The Gendolcat index is the only predictive model that uses only objective pre-surgical variables to assess the risk of suffering chronic post-surgical pain. However, it is only validated for the following surgeries: thoracotomy, hysterectomy and open inguinal hernia. Our aim is to test whether the Gendolcat model is also valid for cesarean section.

Inclusion Criteria:Patients who underwent elective caesarean section.Patients who have previously signed the informed consent form.Exclusion CriteriaUrgent cesarean section.Patients with severe psychiatric pathology.Patients who require a different surgical approach than usual.Patients who refuse to take part in the study and/or to sign the informed consent form.informed consent.- Patients with a high language barrier.