Chronic postoperative pain (CPOP) is a serious health issue that affects millions of patients every year. The incidence of CPOP is the highest after amputations, inguinal hernioplasty, thoracotomies, cardiac surgery and breast surgery.
Nebojša Ladjević +5 more
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Postoperative Pain Is Driven by Preoperative Pain, Not by Endometriosis [PDF]
(1) Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of endometriosis on postoperative pain following laparoscopic hysterectomy; (2) Methods: A total of 214 women who underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy between January 2013 and October 2017
Kanellos, Panagiotis +11 more
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Chronic preoperative pain and psychological robustness predict acute postoperative pain outcomes after surgery for breast cancer [PDF]
Background: Few epidemiological studies have prospectively investigated preoperative and surgical risk factors for acute postoperative pain after surgery for breast cancer.
Thompson, Alastair M. +36 more
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Intraperitoneal ropivacaine and early postoperative pain and postsurgical outcomes after laparoscoipc herniorrhaphy in toddlers: a randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
Background\ud \ud Postoperative pain can cause physiological distress, postoperative complications, and extended lengths of hospitalized stay. In children, management of postoperative pain is still recognized as being inadequate.\ud Objective\ud \ud The ...
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Postoperative Pain Control [PDF]
The effective relief of pain is of the utmost importance to anyone treating patients undergoing surgery. Pain relief has significant physiological benefits; hence, monitoring of pain relief is increasingly becoming an important postoperative quality measure. The goal for postoperative pain management is to reduce or eliminate pain and discomfort with a
Veerabhadram, Garimella +1 more
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Assessment of quality of care in acute postoperative pain management [PDF]
Background/Aim. Managing of acute postoperative pain should be of great interest for all hospital institutions, as one of the key components of patients satisfaction, which indicates quality, as well as the outcome of treatment. The aim of this study was
Milutinović Dragana +4 more
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Effects of adding dexmedetomidine to local infiltration of bupivacaine on postoperative pain in pediatric herniorrhaphy: a randomized clinical trial [PDF]
Background Postoperative pain is a major problem, especially in children, as their tolerance level is lower and several drugs are contraindicated in childhood.
Simin Azemati +2 more
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Evaluation of the efficacy of M-TAPA and EXORA block application for analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective, single-blind, observational study [PDF]
Background Different field block methods are used for analgesia following abdominal surgery. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of a modified thoracoabdominal nerve block via the perichondrial approach (M-TAPA) and that of an external oblique and ...
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Pathophysiology of postoperative pain [PDF]
Clinical Perspective Acute postoperative pain remains a significant medical problem. Patients undergoing outpatient ambulatory surgery have clinically significant postoperative pain even when administration of oral opioids and nonopioid adjuncts are optimized [1].
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Present-day challenges and future solutions in postoperative pain management: results from PainForum 2014 [PDF]
This paper is a summary of presentations on postoperative pain control by the authors at the 2014 PainForum meeting in People's Republic of China. Postoperative pain is often untreated or undertreated and may lead to subsequent chronic pain syndromes. As
Kuusniemi K, Pöyhiä R
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