Post-Operative Pain: Mechanisms and Management

Al-Radhi, Habib Khalifah; Akef, Alaa Ahmed; Khamis, Ali Adnan Al; Alsaeed, Mohammed Jawad; Alshehri, Mohammed Ali; Alhusayni, Hamed Ghazi Muslih; Alswayh, Ayman Mohammad; Alhajji, Israa Mohammed; Abdu, Bashaer Osama; Selaimy, Hamad Mohammed Al; Alesaeed, Yousef Ahmed H; Molawi, Bassam Sameer; Farajallah, Almutairi Fayez; Badr, Rawan Rafat Ismaeel; Bakhsh, Ola Mohammed; Bahaziq, Siddiqa Mahmoud

doi:10.12816/0043821

Post-Operative Pain: Mechanisms and Management

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ King Faisal University

² Umm Al-Qura University

³ Primary Health Care Shehar Center

⁴ Prince Sattam Bin Abdelaziz University

⁵ Heraa General Hospital

⁶ King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

⁷ Gdansk Medical University

⁸ Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice

⁹ Maternity and Children Hospital in Makkah

¹⁰ Ibn Sina National College

¹¹ international Medical Center

10.12816/0043821

Abstract

Background: Proper postoperative pain management, which can be advanced using a multimodal approach, results in pain relief with minimal side effects. Newer recovery protocols, along with minimally invasive surgeries add to the better management of post-operative complication. Many factors play a role in failure of proper postoperative pain management, which mainly include insufficient education, fear of complications associated with analgesic drugs, poor pain assessment and inadequate staffing.
Methodology: we conducted this review using a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE fromJanuary 1987 toMarch 2017. The following search terms were used: post-operative pain mechanism, post-operative pain management, non-opioid pain management
Aim of the work: In this study we aimed to understand the mechanism and the management of post-operative pain, along with shining some light upon the recent advances.
Conclusion: Various combinations and modalities of pain management exist, and their use depends largely on the case, the patients, and their perception of pain. Enhanced recovery protocols have significantly improved perioperative and postoperative pain management, making the decrease in opioids need a priority.

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