BACKGROUND: Few individual clinical trials have had sufficient subject numbers to
definitively determine the effects of postoperative analgesia on major outcomes. METHODS …

BACKGROUND: The effect of postoperative analgesia on patient-reported outcomes, such
as quality of life, quality of recovery, and patient satisfaction, has not been systematically …

BACKGROUND: The optimal regional technique for analgesia and improved quality of
recovery after video-assisted thoracic surgery (a procedure associated with considerable …

Background and Objectives: It is unclear whether the severity of postoperative pain may
affect patients' quality of recovery in the immediate postoperative period (within 2 weeks of …

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Higher levels of postoperative pain typically correlate with a decrease in quality of recovery.
Different analgesic techniques and regimens may differentially influence quality of recovery …

Background: Questionnaires to evaluate patient satisfaction with anaesthesia mainly
consider physiological aspects. This study was performed to identify the items of value for …

Background We aimed to determine with this randomized, triple-masked, placebo-controlled
study if benefits are afforded by adding a multiple-day, ambulatory, continuous ropivacaine …

Background The authors assessed the willingness to pay (WTP) for" perfect" prophylactic
antiemetics and analgesics in patients who were scheduled to undergo surgery during …

Satisfaction cannot be considered as an objective indicator of the quality of anesthesia care,
but it remains the best way to assess the outcome from the point of view of the patient …