Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

Abstract Purpose of Review Postoperative pain remains one of the most common
challenges following inpatient and outpatient surgeries. With our advances in modern …

BACKGROUND: The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, and opioid use
disorder often begins with a prescription for acute pain. The perioperative period represents …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to review the current scientific evidence on the
role of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) implementations in reducing postoperative …

Importance Gabapentin has been increasingly used as part of a multimodal analgesia
regimen to reduce opioid use in perioperative pain management. However, the safety of …

Background Knowledge of the COVID-19 epidemic extent and the level of herd immunity is
urgently needed to help manage this pandemic. Methods We used a panel of 167 samples …

Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols are multimodal perioperative care pathways
designed to achieve early recovery in patients after surgical procedures by defining and …

In this review, we discuss advances in acute pain management, including the recent report
of the joint American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine task force on …

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a minimally invasive technique that allows a
faster recovery after thoracic surgery. Although enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) …

Postoperative pain is a common but often inadequately treated condition. Enhanced
recovery pathways (ERPs) are increasingly being utilized to standardize perioperative care …