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Multimodal Pain Management Protocol Versus Patient Controlled Narcotic Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Control after Shoulder Arthroplasty

  Background: Our institution’s traditional pain management strategy after shoulder arthroplasty has involved the utilization of postoperative patient-controlled narcotic analgesia. More recently, we have implemented a protocol (TLC) that utilizes a multimodal approach. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this change has improved pain control and decreased narcotic utilization. ...

Prediction of postoperative pain after radical prostatectomy

BACKGROUND There is a belief that the amount of pain perceived is merely directly proportional to the extent of injury. The intensity of postoperative pain is however influenced by multiple factors aside from the extent of trauma. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relationship between preoperative factors that have been shown to predict postoperative pain and the self-reports of pain...

Treatment of postoperative pain after ophthalmic surgery.

For ophthalmic surgery we have to deal with a wide range of different patient characteristics. We treat young healthy children, in some cases even neonates, but on the other hand we have debilitated aging patients with multiple concomitant diseases. Treatment of postoperative pain is imperative for inpatients, but is even more important for patients who are treated on an outpatient basis. There...

Chronic Postoperative Pain After Joint Replacement

Kristian Kjær Petersen, PhD Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Dr Med Sci, PhD Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction Department of Health Science and Technology Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark T otal joint arthroplasty (TJA) surgery is considered to be an effective intervention to improve function and reduce pain in conditions such as end-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA). In the United States alone, the num...

Postoperative pain control after shoulder arthroscopy.

Successful postoperative pain management after arthroscopic shoulder surgery allows patients to go home earlier, decreases the potential for hospital readmission, and facilitates rehabilitation. Optimal pain control considers the physiological and psychological states of the patient, the resulting alterations due to the surgery, and the technical and economic resources available during recovery...

Assessing postoperative pain after endodontic therapy.